telecommunication system vs telecom equipment

telecommunication system and telecom equipment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
telecommunication system	Yes	No	No	No
telecom equipment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, telecommunication system and telecom equipment are synonyms defined as:

telecommunication system and telecom equipment: a communication system for communicating at a distance

Other synonyms of telecommunication system include telecom system, telecommunication equipment.

telecommunication system (noun)	telecom equipment (noun)
a communication system for communicating at a distance	a communication system for communicating at a distance