English translation: Compte Mobile Orange (Orange Mobile Account)/ Mobicarte (prepaid SIM card)
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French term or phrase:
CMO ou mobicarte
English translation:
Compte Mobile Orange (Orange Mobile Account)/ Mobicarte (prepaid SIM card)
Explanation: the Thing Here is that the Mobicarte is for Cell phones..you stick the card in your phone. The translation comes from Orange's SEC filings. THat is what They call it...
Offers prepaid SIM card, Top Up card, reload voucher, recharge card, ... Simpel EMT
Sim Finland Prepaid DNA France Mobicarte Sims Card French Polynesia VINI ... www.infostation.org/prepaid/simcard/ - 24k - Cached - Similar pages
Prepaid Sim cards
Mobicarte SIM cards may only be recharged in France so don’t forget to top-up
before you ... however incoming calls can be received for up to 8 months. ... www.220-electronics.com/simcards/france.htm - 17k - Cached - Similar pages
The issue is that the translation using Prepaid top=up card does not give the ENglish reader the idea of the card being stuck into the mobile phone, FYI..
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Here:
The*** prepaid SIM card ****for France with a cell phone is the most convenient and economical solution for staying in touch while in France. All incoming calls, while in France are FREE, regardless of where they originate. Pay the local rate for local calls and use your cellular phone in France like you do at home. And unlike home, your France SIM card and cell phone service is prepaid so there is no need for a contract.
What's included?
Mistake: CMO is Compte Mobile Orange....that is not a mobicarte
it a regular cell phone billing thing...Compte Mobile Orange..Orange Cell Phone Account...but leave the French with the english in ( )
COmpte Mobile Orange (Orange Cell Phone Account), it;s one where you are billed monthly
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 29 mins (2005-11-03 19:46:46 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Final: Compte Mobile Orange (Orange Cell Phone Account)
Thanks for all the help and research, Jane. Thanks also to Bourth for taking the time to explain how it all works! 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
yes but put the English in parenthesis...that is the way I usually do it when they are first mentioned...Careful with CMO..they may mean that generically and not necessarily just orange..could be a thing like Xerox for photocoping.
I made a mistake in typing: Compte Mobile Orange versus mobicarte.
19:45 Nov 3, 2005
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Carte Mobile Orange or prepaid top-up cards or prepiad SIM card
Explanation: the Thing Here is that the Mobicarte is for Cell phones..you stick the card in your phone. The translation comes from Orange's SEC filings. THat is what They call it...
Offers prepaid SIM card, Top Up card, reload voucher, recharge card, ... Simpel EMT
Sim Finland Prepaid DNA France Mobicarte Sims Card French Polynesia VINI ... www.infostation.org/prepaid/simcard/ - 24k - Cached - Similar pages
Prepaid Sim cards
Mobicarte SIM cards may only be recharged in France so don’t forget to top-up
before you ... however incoming calls can be received for up to 8 months. ... www.220-electronics.com/simcards/france.htm - 17k - Cached - Similar pages
The issue is that the translation using Prepaid top=up card does not give the ENglish reader the idea of the card being stuck into the mobile phone, FYI..
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 27 mins (2005-11-03 19:44:20 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Here:
The*** prepaid SIM card ****for France with a cell phone is the most convenient and economical solution for staying in touch while in France. All incoming calls, while in France are FREE, regardless of where they originate. Pay the local rate for local calls and use your cellular phone in France like you do at home. And unlike home, your France SIM card and cell phone service is prepaid so there is no need for a contract.
What's included?
Mistake: CMO is Compte Mobile Orange....that is not a mobicarte
it a regular cell phone billing thing...Compte Mobile Orange..Orange Cell Phone Account...but leave the French with the english in ( )
COmpte Mobile Orange (Orange Cell Phone Account), it;s one where you are billed monthly
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 29 mins (2005-11-03 19:46:46 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Final: Compte Mobile Orange (Orange Cell Phone Account)
Mobicate (prepaid SIM card)
there you go..sorry for the mess!!
Jane Lamb-Ruiz Specializes in field Native speaker of: English, Portuguese PRO pts in category: 199
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Thanks for all the help and research, Jane. Thanks also to Bourth for taking the time to explain how it all works!
2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
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Explanation: Orange in France offers three basic types of service:
1) le forfait ajustable: a contract for at least one year, with upwards of 2 hours of calls per month at a certain rate, and any calls above that at a differentrate.
2) le compte mobile: basically a monthly contract (€20)for :
a) one hour of calls per month; above that, you get a prepaid card or top up your account by some other method
b) a simple monthly subscription (€15) to maintain your line and (I presume) receive calls, but to make calls you have to charge your account with prepaid cards etc.
c) another offer calle "Orange plug" that I don't understand!
3) mobicarte, the prepaid card system
So while CMO IS a sort of cellphone account, it is not THE standard sort of account, but has restrictions and a max. controllable cost.
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I guess "postpayée" gives it away. The "standard" account would be your post-paid account (like normal land line subscriptions), the CMO would be the prepaid open but limited-time account, and Mobicarte the restricted prepaid card account.
xxxBourth Local time: 13:35 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 142
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