Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Czech term or phrase:
šedý operátor
English translation:
grey-market operator, gray market operator
Added to glossary by
Scott Evan Andrews
Jul 23, 2012 16:27
11 yrs ago
Czech term
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šedý operátor
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Šedý operátor není poskytovatel veřejně dostupné služby elektronických komunikací.... Není schopen samostatně a nezávisle poskytovat služby.
this entity buys many SIM cards based on a contract with a legal provider and sells them at better prices to users - an agent, an intermediary, but why this term? I can't find anything under simply gray/grey operators...thanks for help...
Šedý operátor není poskytovatel veřejně dostupné služby elektronických komunikací.... Není schopen samostatně a nezávisle poskytovat služby.
this entity buys many SIM cards based on a contract with a legal provider and sells them at better prices to users - an agent, an intermediary, but why this term? I can't find anything under simply gray/grey operators...thanks for help...
Proposed translations
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| 3 | grey-market operator |
Hannah Geiger (X)
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| 4 +1 | telecommunication services reseller |
Petr Kedzior
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Proposed translations
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grey-market operator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_market
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/rs-458-cr-losses...
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-07-23 17:36:40 GMT)
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At UNIFI, team of experts manages the “Grey Markets” for several PTT operators.UNIFI manages voice traffic for the local telecom operators by terminating their long-distance traffic on the local networks and reduces their costs while improving call quality. When a long distance call is terminated as a local call, call charges decrease for the end user and margins increase with increased ARPU.
http://www.unificom.com/Content.aspx?c=188
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/rs-458-cr-losses...
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-07-23 17:36:40 GMT)
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At UNIFI, team of experts manages the “Grey Markets” for several PTT operators.UNIFI manages voice traffic for the local telecom operators by terminating their long-distance traffic on the local networks and reduces their costs while improving call quality. When a long distance call is terminated as a local call, call charges decrease for the end user and margins increase with increased ARPU.
http://www.unificom.com/Content.aspx?c=188
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Normally I would go with consensus but this is clearly the answer, client came back with same term when I asked, so thanks to all..."
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11 mins
Petr Kedzior
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Native in Czech
Specializes in field
Czech Republic
Best price/performace ratio you can get
Native in: Czech
Works in: English to Czech, Czech to English, Slovak to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
telecommunication services reseller
something like that - they operate their own VPN within an official operator's (O2, T-Mobile, Vodafone) network and due to having volume discounts, they are able to resell the the services to retail customers for better prices than the operator. In fact, they are not "operators", therefore the term "grey" is used in Czech, perhaps derived from "grey economy", though the meaning is different.
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Note added at 16 mins (2012-07-23 16:44:07 GMT)
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Here is the Czech definition of the term: "Šedý operátor je společnost, která je zákazníkem běžného operátora, a která nabízí určité skupině lidí zvýhodněné tarify, které má díky velkému počtu SIM ve své uzavřené síti (VPN)."
To me, this means that it is a wholesale customer of a real operator who resells the operator's services to retail customers, i.e. reseller.
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Note added at 29 mins (2012-07-23 16:57:19 GMT)
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perhaps "unauthorized telco services reseller" would be better to differentiate these guys from those who are authorized to resell by the operator
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Note added at 16 mins (2012-07-23 16:44:07 GMT)
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Here is the Czech definition of the term: "Šedý operátor je společnost, která je zákazníkem běžného operátora, a která nabízí určité skupině lidí zvýhodněné tarify, které má díky velkému počtu SIM ve své uzavřené síti (VPN)."
To me, this means that it is a wholesale customer of a real operator who resells the operator's services to retail customers, i.e. reseller.
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Note added at 29 mins (2012-07-23 16:57:19 GMT)
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perhaps "unauthorized telco services reseller" would be better to differentiate these guys from those who are authorized to resell by the operator
Peer comment(s):
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Jiri Lonsky
: Your answer seems targeted to the particular application of the term
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