Most often, she uses an Internet-based phone-relay service to make and receive phone calls through an intermediary operator.
"Scheduled airlines, low cost airlines and online intermediaries, unlike tour operators, are not bonded which leaves their customers stranded or unable to get their money back in the event of failure.
The document lists the intermediaries, including familiar big operators such as Jonathan Barnett's Stellar, Leon Angel's Base, "super agents" Jorge Mendes, Mino Raiola and Pini Zahavi, who acted in the deals when thousands of players joined clubs, signed new contracts or were sold by English clubs to overseas sides.
Under incentive-based programs customers cede load control to the system operator or an intermediary (e.g., an energy retailer or demand response aggregator) in exchange for more favorable contract conditions (e.g., lower base fee).
For video-on-demand and crew communication, the train operating company acts as an intermediary between the service provider and the integrator/network operator.
It "has been a huge success in terms of size, growth and profitability for its operators and for many intermediaries," he writes.
He also said that because Sync goes directly to a 911 operator rather than an intermediary — OnStar dials a call center that then contacts local authorities — the response is more direct.
Nothing seemed to overcome the reluctance of the natural intermediaries -- airlines, travel agents and tour operators -- to cloud their "fly with me" message by saying that paradise has a few bugs in it.
Junkets — run by intermediaries who work on behalf of casino operators, loaning credit to players and helping them bypass currency restrictions — are widely used in Macau, where they account for more than 70 percent of total gambling revenue.
In many African countries providers of new mobile services cannot deal with network operators directly, but must use intermediaries to get, for instance, a short code for customers to dial.
