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電気通信事業者 (でんきつうしんじぎょうしゃ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

電でん気き通つう信しん事じ業ぎょう者しゃ

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Meanings

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noun

telecommunications carrier; telecom operator; telephone service provider

Formal term used in legal, regulatory, and business contexts to refer to a company that provides telecommunications services.

電でん気き通つう信しん事じ業ぎょう者しゃは、利り用よう者しゃの通つう信しんの秘ひ密みつを守まもらなければならない。
Telecommunications carriers must protect the confidentiality of users' communications.

この地ち域いきでは、複ふく数すうの電でん気き通つう信しん事じ業ぎょう者しゃがサービスを提てい供きょうしている。

In this area, several telecommunications operators provide services.

Kanji

電electricity
気spirit, mind, air
通traffic, pass through, avenue
信faith, truth, fidelity
事matter, thing, fact
業business, vocation, arts
者someone, person

Similar words

通つう信しん事じ業ぎょう者しゃ
A broader term for any communications service provider, not limited to telecommunications. 電気通信事業者 specifically refers to providers of electrical telecommunications services.
電でん話わ会がい社しゃ
A more common, everyday term for a telephone company. 電気通信事業者 is the formal legal term used in regulations and contracts.

Etymology

Compound of 電気 (electricity), 通信 (communication), 事業 (business/enterprise), and 者 (person/entity). The term is a direct translation of the English 'telecommunications carrier' and is used in Japanese telecommunications law.