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telefónica fija

English translation: fixed telephony service

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Spanish term or phrase:telefónica fija
English translation:fixed telephony service
Entered by: BettinaVaamonde

21:52 Aug 7, 2015
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / Transcripts
Spanish term or phrase: telefónica fija
Notas de la Universidad Santa María, Caracas, Venezuela

Carrera: Ingeniería en telecomunicaciones

Es una asignativa electiva (optional)
BettinaVaamonde
Canada
Local time: 14:26
fixed telephony service
Explanation:
The official terminology, as per ITU/UIT.

PDF]PDF (acrobat) - ITU
https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/.../T02020000B50001PDF...
(Minimum and maximum number of digits are counted without the country code). The test numbers are: Test Numbers for Fixed Telephony Service. +378 (0549) ...

[PDF]a case study on Albania - ITU
https://www.itu.int/ITU-D/treg/.../BBD_MDG_Albania_Final.pdf
This study was funded by the ITU and the Broadband Commission for Digital ...... month of activity in the provision of fixed telephony service with fixed numbers ...

iii reunión del comité - Department of Conferences and ...
www.scm.oas.org/idms_public/ENGLISH/hist_06/citel02891e06.d...
For ITU, the concept of universal service/access refers to every household in every ...... network, and of access to the publicly-available fixed telephony service. ... CITEL-UIT-AHCIET, El servicio universal en las Américas; febrero del 2000; ...
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Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 14:26
Grading comment
Mil gracias!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4landline telephony
Richard Hill
5 +2fixed telephony service
Jennifer Levey
4 +1fixed telephony
Jorge Merino


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
landline telephony


Explanation:
Not my area of expertise, but seems plausible.

Landline telephony
The department’s landline telephony services are provided by BT.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/departmental-spen...

Telephony
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephony

Richard Hill
Mexico
Local time: 13:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Julio Bereciartu
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Saruro!
neutral  Jennifer Levey: This is no longer universally valid. There are now some nation-wide telcos (including the one that serves the village where I live) who offer a wireless (wifi) 'fixed telephony' service. It allows rapid/cheap deployment in remote areas and saves copper.
1 hr
  -> Sounds plausible too! I wonder if this is the case of the subject of this university course. Thanks, Robin.
agree  lugoben: For the name of a subject this one fits.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Lugoben!
agree  ael
7 hrs
agree  neilmac
11 hrs
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fixed telephony


Explanation:
Literal..., as opposed to \"mobile telephony\"

Many references in Internet...

Jorge Merino
Chile
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Neil Ashby
12 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
(servicio de) telefónica fija
fixed telephony service


Explanation:
The official terminology, as per ITU/UIT.

PDF]PDF (acrobat) - ITU
https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/.../T02020000B50001PDF...
(Minimum and maximum number of digits are counted without the country code). The test numbers are: Test Numbers for Fixed Telephony Service. +378 (0549) ...

[PDF]a case study on Albania - ITU
https://www.itu.int/ITU-D/treg/.../BBD_MDG_Albania_Final.pdf
This study was funded by the ITU and the Broadband Commission for Digital ...... month of activity in the provision of fixed telephony service with fixed numbers ...

iii reunión del comité - Department of Conferences and ...
www.scm.oas.org/idms_public/ENGLISH/hist_06/citel02891e06.d...
For ITU, the concept of universal service/access refers to every household in every ...... network, and of access to the publicly-available fixed telephony service. ... CITEL-UIT-AHCIET, El servicio universal en las Américas; febrero del 2000; ...

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 14:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 170
Grading comment
Mil gracias!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: seems to be more precise
12 hrs
agree  Neil Ashby
12 hrs
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