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16:15 Aug 14, 2008 |
Swedish to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Internet, e-Commerce | |||||||
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| Selected response from: USER0059 (X) Finland Local time: 20:38 | ||||||
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tjänsteleverantör service provider Explanation: In telecom, a distinction is often made between network operators and service providers, network operators being the ones who move bits around at the low level. As an example, a telco that owns their own mobile base stations, and/or international backbone, is a network operator. On the other hand, companies who sell services are, well, service providers. (Even I am one, since I operate a premium rate number for my business.) A service provider always needs access to a network operator (or to an intermediate service provider) in order to deliver their service; one could say that network operators are higher up the food chain than service providers, who in turn are above their customers. This may well be just nice-to-know stuff; you decide whether it fits your bill. |
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