各国电信商介绍-希腊Q-Telecom

    阅读提示：Q-telecom（无线移动网络代码：202-09）希腊第四大电信商。它是电信市场最新的一个竞争者，运营始于2002年的6月。该公司提供同套电信解决方案并已在希腊国内开发出GSM网、LMDS及骨干网。

    Q-telecom (mobile network code: 202-09) is the fourth player in mobile telephony in Greece. It is the last entrant of the market and started its operation in June 2002. The company provides a complete telecom solution and has developed a GSM, LMDS and a backbone¹ network in Greece. It calls itself as the first and only complete and integrated telecom provider in Greece. It is popular among youngsters and the company is known for its funny low-cost TV and radio ads.

    Company Profile

    Q-TELECOM, a division of Info-Quest, is the first, Greek private integrated Operator which aims to provide combined services of mobile/fixed² telephony and Internet. Focusing its commercial activities in the large urban centers, Q-TELECOM develops a second-generation mobile telephony network, with the installation of Base Stations as well as a broadband Fixed Wireless³ Access network, point-to-multipoint, operating at 3.5 GHz range. Simultaneously⁴, it develops a national network with the use of leased lines and privately⁵ owned transmission systems. Also, Q-TELECOM is directly inter-connected with OTE and the three others mobile operators and has a national roaming agreement with VODAFONE. Thus, it offers, since its commercial launch, high quality voice transmission, high transfer rate of call switching and also offers pan-Hellenic coverage⁶.

    Q-TELECOM provides a wide rage of integrated telecommunications solution and services for businesses and home users. Q-TELECOM is a pioneer in the Greek market by offering, from the beginning of its launch, combined services of mobile telephony with the prefix⁷ 699 (prepaid and postpaid), SMS and fixed telephony via the Carrier Selection Code 1765. Q-TELECOM differentiates⁸ itself by providing customized services, per second billing from the first second of the call, elimination⁹ of set-up fees, mobile number selection, preferential rates with Q-Family, the lowest tarrif for SMS from the first SMS, added value services, etc.

    In the first trimester of its operation, Q-TELECOM has established more than 900 selling points all over Greece, by exploiting alternative distribution channels such as ACS courier.

1 backbone   

n.脊骨，脊柱，骨干；刚毅，骨气

参考例句：

• The Chinese people have backbone.中国人民有骨气。
• The backbone is an articulate structure.脊椎骨是一种关节相连的结构。

2 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

3 wireless   

adj.无线的；n.无线电

参考例句：

• There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。
• Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。

4 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

5 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

6 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

7 prefix   

n.前缀；vt.加…作为前缀；置于前面

参考例句：

• We prefix "Mr."to a man's name.我们在男士的姓名前加“先生”。
• In the word "unimportant ","un-" is a prefix.在单词“unimportant”中“un”是前缀。

8 differentiates   

区分，区别，辨别( differentiate的第三人称单数 )； 区别对待； 表明…间的差别，构成…间差别的特征

参考例句：

• This genus of plants differentiates into many species. 这种植物可分为许多种类。
• Our fax machine differentiates between an incoming fax signal and a voice call. 我们的传真机能区分接收传真信号和语音信号。

9 elimination   

n.排除，消除，消灭

参考例句：

• Their elimination from the competition was a great surprise.他们在比赛中遭到淘汰是个很大的意外。
• I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals.我在400米半决赛中被淘汰。