wireless operator
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Noun[edit]
wireless operator (plural wireless operators)
- (dated) A person who operates a radio transmitter on a ship or in an outpost, military unit, etc., in order to communicate over long distances.
- 1922, Peter B. Kyne, chapter 8, in Cappy Ricks Retires:
- 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.
- (business) A commercial firm which provides mobile communications services.
- 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):
- 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):