equipos de cobro

English translation: payment collection equipment

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Spanish term or phrase:equipos de cobro
English translation:payment collection equipment
Entered by: Idoia Echenique

15:26 Nov 9, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Telecom(munications)
Spanish term or phrase: equipos de cobro
The full sentence is "La Sociedad Concesionaria debe mantener una alta disponibilidad en lo que respecta a la posibilidad de que el usuario vea la programación, esta disponibilidad debe ser mayor que la que tenga el explotador en sus equipos de cobro." This is an appendix with details for a concessionary company to provide telephone and television services for a hospital. I´m thinking it is collection equipment, but it sounds kind of funny to me. Ideas? Thanks in advance.
Jennifer Fischer
Local time: 16:37
collection/ payment equipment
Explanation:
Giving ideas...
Can be a collection equipment. In some hospitals in Spain, you may have to pay to see TV in your bedroom or to use the phone. This can be done either with coins or buying a pre-paid card, it depends on the system. Not knowing which is the system of the company, I can't find anything more precise than collection (or payment) equipment...

Hope it helps!
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Local time: 16:37
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4coin-collection systems
rafw
3collection/ payment equipment
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collection/ payment equipment


Explanation:
Giving ideas...
Can be a collection equipment. In some hospitals in Spain, you may have to pay to see TV in your bedroom or to use the phone. This can be done either with coins or buying a pre-paid card, it depends on the system. Not knowing which is the system of the company, I can't find anything more precise than collection (or payment) equipment...

Hope it helps!

Idoia Echenique
Spain
Local time: 16:37
Native speaker of: Spanish
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coin-collection systems


Explanation:
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Note added at 2 hrs 3 mins (2005-11-09 17:30:35 GMT)
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"hardware systems, including its school attendance/access control and its public telephone, coin- collection systems."

2. "A large part of the budget increase is dedicated to replacing aging equipment, including the *** coin-collection system ***. " (http://www.elpc.org/lists/tacampaign/msg00089.html)


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Note added at 2 hrs 39 mins (2005-11-09 18:06:02 GMT)
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"coin" is an interpretation. If the company commercializes also phone-cards, you should write "payment systems": "A key feature of card payment systems is that..." (www.w3.org/ECommerce/roadmap.html)


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rafw
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