| CEPT |
Conférence Européenne des Administrations des Postes et des Télecommunications
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| CDMA |
Code Division Multiple Access. The code division technology was originally developed for military use over 30 years ago. CDMA is a multiple access technique, which uses code sequences as traffic channels within common radio channels – used for cdmaOne (IS-95) air interface.
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| cdmaOne (IS-95) |
A second-generation digital air interface technology pioneered by US firm Qualcomm and further developed in South Korea
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| ECTRA |
European Committee on Telecommunications Regulatory Affairs
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| EDGE |
Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
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| ERC |
European Radio Committee
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| ERO |
European Radiocommunications Office of CEPT
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| ETSI |
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
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| FDD |
Frequency Division Duplex
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| GPRS |
General Packet Radio Service
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| GSM |
Global Standard for Mobile Communications
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| HSCSD |
High Speed Circuit Switched Data
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| IMT-2000 |
The term used by the International Telecommunications Union for the specification for the projected third-generation wireless services. Formerly referred to as FPLMTS, Future Public Land-Mobile Telephone Systems
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| IN |
Intelligent Network, A capability in the public telecom network environment that allows new services such as "free phone" or televoting to be developed quickly and introduced on any scale, from a local trial to network-wide. Also implies a well-developed network infrastructure
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| IP |
Internet Protocol
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| ITU |
International Telecommunication Union
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| PCN |
Personal Communications Networks
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| PCS |
Personal Communications Service. A generic term for a mass-market mobile personal communications service, independent of the technology used to provide it
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| PDC |
Personal Digital Cellular. The digital wireless standard used in Japan. Uses TDMA air interface
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| TDD |
Time Division Duplex
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| TDMA |
Time Division Multiple Access. A digital transmission technique used for GSM, D-AMPS (IS-136) and PDC air interfaces. D-AMPS in North America is often called just TDMA
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| UMTS |
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
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| UTRA |
UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access
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| UTRAN |
UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
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| VHE |
Virtual Home Environment
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| WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol
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| WCDMA |
Wideband CDMA: The air interface technology selected by the major Japanese mobile communications operators, and in January 1998 by ETSI, for wideband wireless access to support third-generation services. This technology is optimized to allow very high-speed multimedia services such as full-motion video, Internet access and videoconferencing
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| WLL |
WLL Wireless Local Loop. A radio access technology that links subscribers into a fixed public telecom network. The radio link replaces the traditional wired local loop
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| WRC |
World Radio Conference
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