单词 | mobile phone operator |
释义 | > as lemmasmobile phone operator mobile phone operator n. (a) (originally) a person using a switchboard to route calls to and from mobile phones (now rare and historical); (b) (in later use) a company providing access to a cellular mobile phone network and related services. ΚΠ 1947 Fueloil & Oil Heat Sept. 69/1 They call the mobile phone operator, [and] give the number of the car telephone. 1984 South China Morning Post 25 Nov. 36/4 The Postmaster-General..may have adopted the view that the mobile phone operators should pay only the marginal..costs..incurred as a result of the increased traffic they will generate on the telephone system. 1986 New Braunfels (Texas) Herald-Zeitung 20 Apr. 5/3 Users [of cellular telephone systems] do not have to go through a mobile phone operator, nor is a special line needed. 2015 L. Obijiofor New Technol. in Developing Societies ix. 227 In markets that are serviced by a single mobile phone operator, prices are much higher than in markets in which there are multiple operators. < as lemmas |
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