wireless operator

Meanings

nounwireless operator (plural wireless operators)

datedA person who operates a radio transmitter on a ship or in an outpost, military unit, etc., in order to communicate over long distances.
He found the new wireless operator a charming fellow, possessed of talents far superior to those of the young men who ordinarily pound the brass at sea.
1922, Peter B. Kyne, chapter 8, in Cappy Ricks Retires
businessA commercial firm which provides mobile communications services.
France Telecom is the second largest wireless operator and Internet access provider in Europe.
2008 June 17, "Orange extends its pioneering in-flight mobile phone roaming services to Jordan with OnAir," www.ameinfo.com (United Arab Emirates) (retrieved 17 June 2008)
Synonyms: mobile network operator, MNO, wireless service provider, wireless carrier, cellular company, mobile network carrier

nounA commercial firm which provides mobile communications services.

Similar

mobile network operatorMNOwireless service providerwireless carriercellular companymobile network carrier

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