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A mobile phone operator (also wireless carrier) is a telephone company that provides service for mobile phones. The term is less ambiguous than mobile phone company, which may also refer to mobile hardware manufacturers like Nokia.

As for 2004, there are more mobile phones than fixed landline phones in the world, and mobile phone operators are increasingly supplanting traditional telephone companies.

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Topics: Mobile Phone Operator, Wireless Valley, Wireless Telegraphy...

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