network operator

Cellular service provider

A network operator is a company or entity that owns and maintains a telecommunications infrastructure—mobile phone networks, internet services, or broadcast systems.

The term appears most often in discussions of wireless carriers: The network operator throttled data speeds during peak hours.

In computing, it can also refer to someone who manages a computer network's daily operations.

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signal · bandwidth · roaming · data plan · infrastructure · cellphone · spectrum · transmission · mast · coverage · service area · dead zone · dropped call · mobile · wireless · antenna · broadcast · traffic

Opposites
service vs. hardware

network operatorOEM

Original parts producer

chipmaker · software developer

provider vs. consumer

network operatorend user

Ultimate product recipient

subscriber · customer · consumer · client

infrastructure control vs. no infrastructure

network operatorreseller

Merchant who redistributes goods

Family

network, operator, net, work, works, worked, working, worker, workers

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