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PREPAID SERVICE [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Services
DEF

A service for which a significant portion of services and usage are paid in advance, prior to consuming the services.

OBS

Prepaid service is especially prominent in mobile voice communications, where a subscriber prepays for a set amount of airtime in advance of actual usage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services téléphoniques
DEF

Service pour lequel une partie significative des services et de l'utilisation est payée d'avance, avant d'avoir consommé les services en question.

OBS

Le service prépayé est particulièrement répandu dans la communication vocale mobile, où l'abonné paie d'avance une période précise de temps d'utilisation et, dans les communications interurbaines lorsqu'un abonné paie d'avance.

Spanish

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