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1x – See
1xRTT
1xEV-DO – cdma2000 Evolution, Data Optimized
1xRTT – cdma2000 Radio Transmission Technology
2G Authentication – See
CAVE-based Authentication
3G Authentication – See
AKA
3GPP2
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) is a collaboration between telecommunications associations to make a globally applicable third generation ( 3G) mobile phone system specification within the scope of the ITU's IMT-2000 project. In ...
– Third Generation Partnership Project 2
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A12 Authentication {{more citations needed, date=March 2016
A12 Authentication (''Access Authentication'' for 1xEV-DO) is a CHAP-based mechanism used by a CDMA2000 Access Network (AN) to authenticate a 1xEV-DO Access Terminal (AT).
* Evolution-Data Optimized (''EV- ...
AAA
AAA, Triple A, or Triple-A is a three-letter initialism or abbreviation which may refer to:
Airports
* Anaa Airport in French Polynesia (IATA airport code AAA)
* Logan County Airport (Illinois) (FAA airport code AAA)
Arts, entertainment, and me ...
– Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
AC – Authentication Center – See
CAVE-based Authentication
Access Authentication
Acquisition_Table – See
PRL
Active Pilot – base station(s) currently serving a call. A base station usually has 3 pilot numbers. Also See PN Offset.
AKA – Authentication and Key Agreement
A-key – Authentication Key – See
CAVE-based Authentication
AMPS – Advanced Mobile Phone System
AN – Access Network
ANI
Ani ( hy, Անի; grc-gre, Ἄνιον, ''Ánion''; la, Abnicum; tr, Ani) is a ruined medieval Armenian city now situated in Turkey's province of Kars, next to the closed border with Armenia.
Between 961 and 1045, it was the capital of the ...
– Automatic Number Identification
ANID – Access Network Identifiers
ANSI
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI ) is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The organi ...
– American National Standards Institute
ANSI-41 – See
IS-41
IS-41, also known as ANSI-41, is a mobile, cellular telecommunications system standard to support mobility management by enabling the networking of switches. ANSI-41 is the standard now approved for use as the network-side companion to the wireles ...
ARP – Authorized Receipt Point
ARPU –
Average revenue per user
Average revenue per user (ARPU), sometimes known as average revenue per unit, is a measure used primarily by consumer communications, digital media, and networking companies, defined as the total revenue divided by the number of subscribers.
The t ...
AT – Access Terminal
Authentication
Authentication (from ''authentikos'', "real, genuine", from αὐθέντης ''authentes'', "author") is the act of proving an assertion, such as the identity of a computer system user. In contrast with identification, the act of indicati ...
Authorization
Authorization or authorisation (see spelling differences) is the function of specifying access rights/privileges to resources, which is related to general information security and computer security, and to access control in particular. More for ...
Automatic Call Delivery
Automatic Roaming
Autonomous Registration
In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy, from , ''autonomos'', from αὐτο- ''auto-'' "self" and νόμος ''nomos'', "law", hence when combined understood to mean "one who gives oneself one's ...
B
Band
Band or BAND may refer to:
Places
*Bánd, a village in Hungary
*Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania
*Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, I ...
Bandclass
BID – Billing Identification
Bilateral Roaming
Bilateral may refer to any concept including two sides, in particular:
* Bilateria, bilateral animals
*Bilateralism, the political and cultural relations between two states
*Bilateral, occurring on both sides of an organism ( Anatomical terms of ...
BILLID – BillingID
Border System
Borders are usually defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities. Political borders ca ...
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Call Disconnect
Call or Calls may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Games
* Call, a type of betting in poker
* Call, in the game of contract bridge, a bid, pass, double, or redouble in the bidding stage
Music and dance
* Call (band), from Lahore, Paki ...
Caller ID
Caller identification (Caller ID) is a telephone service, available in analog and digital telephone systems, including voice over IP (VoIP), that transmits a caller's telephone number to the called party's telephone equipment when the call is ...
Call Release
Call or Calls may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Games
* Call, a type of betting in poker
* Call, in the game of contract bridge, a bid, pass, double, or redouble in the bidding stage
Music and dance
* Call (band), from Lahore, Paki ...
Call termination
Call or Calls may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Games
* Call, a type of betting in poker
* Call, in the game of contract bridge, a bid, pass, double, or redouble in the bidding stage
Music and dance
* Call (band), from Lahore, Paki ...
Carrier
Carrier may refer to:
Entertainment
* ''Carrier'' (album), a 2013 album by The Dodos
* ''Carrier'' (board game), a South Pacific World War II board game
* ''Carrier'' (TV series), a ten-part documentary miniseries that aired on PBS in April 20 ...
CAVE
A cave or cavern is a natural void in the ground, specifically a space large enough for a human to enter. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. The word ''cave'' can refer to smaller openings such as sea ...
– Cellular Authentication and Voice Encryption
CAVE-based Authentication
CDG CDG may refer to:
Transport
* Charles de Gaulle Airport (IATA code), Paris, France
* Chandigarh railway station
* ComfortDelGro, a Singaporean multinational land transport company
* Shandong Airlines (ICAO code), based in Shandong, China
* French ...
– CDMA Development Group
CDMA
Code-division multiple access (CDMA) is a channel access method used by various radio communication technologies. CDMA is an example of multiple access, where several transmitters can send information simultaneously over a single communication ...
– Code Division Multiple Access
CDR – Call Detail Record
Cell site
A cell site, cell tower, or cellular base station is a cellular-enabled mobile device site where antennas and electronic communications equipment are placed (typically on a radio mast, tower, or other raised structure) to create a cell, or adjac ...
CIBER
Ciber Global, now a part of HTC Global Services, is a global information technology consulting
In management, information technology consulting (also called IT consulting, computer consultancy, business and technology services, computing consult ...
– Cellular Intercarrier Billing Exchange Roamer
Cibernet
CTIA is a trade association representing the wireless communications industry in the United States. The association was established in 1984 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is a 501(c) organization#501.28c.29.286.29, 501(c)(6) nonpro ...
CHAP – Challenge- Handshake Authentication Protocol aka (HDR – ''High Data Rate'')
Clearing
Clearinghouse
CLI – Calling Line Identification – See
Caller ID
Caller identification (Caller ID) is a telephone service, available in analog and digital telephone systems, including voice over IP (VoIP), that transmits a caller's telephone number to the called party's telephone equipment when the call is ...
CLIP – Calling Line Identification Presentation – See
Caller ID
Caller identification (Caller ID) is a telephone service, available in analog and digital telephone systems, including voice over IP (VoIP), that transmits a caller's telephone number to the called party's telephone equipment when the call is ...
CLLI
CLLI code (sometimes referred to as CLLI name or COMMON LANGUAGE Location Identifier Code, and often pronounced as ''silly'') is a Common Language Information Services identifier used within the North American telecommunications industry to speci ...
– Common Language Location Identifier
Clone
Closed PRL – See
PRL
CoA – Care-of-Address – See
Mobile IP
Mobile IP (or MIP) is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard communications protocol that is designed to allow mobile device users to move from one network to another while maintaining a permanent IP address. Mobile IP for IPv4 is des ...
CND – Caller Number Display – See
Caller ID
Caller identification (Caller ID) is a telephone service, available in analog and digital telephone systems, including voice over IP (VoIP), that transmits a caller's telephone number to the called party's telephone equipment when the call is ...
CNID – Calling Number Identification – See
Caller ID
Caller identification (Caller ID) is a telephone service, available in analog and digital telephone systems, including voice over IP (VoIP), that transmits a caller's telephone number to the called party's telephone equipment when the call is ...
CRX – CDMA Packet Data Roaming Exchange
CSCF – Call Session Control Function – See
IMS
CTIA – Cellular Telecom. & Internet Association
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D-AMPS
IS-54 and IS-136 are second-generation ( 2G) mobile phone systems, known as Digital AMPS (D-AMPS), and a further development of the North American 1G mobile system Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS). It was once prevalent throughout the America ...
– Digital Analog Mobile Phone Service
DES
Des is a masculine given name, mostly a short form (hypocorism) of Desmond. People named Des include:
People
* Des Buckingham, English football manager
* Des Corcoran, (1928–2004), Australian politician
* Des Dillon (disambiguation), sever ...
– Data Encryption Standard
Diameter
In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints lie on the circle. It can also be defined as the longest chord of the circle. Both definitions are also valid for ...
DO – See
1xEV-DO
DRRR
, often shortened to ''DRRR!!'', is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita, with illustrations by Suzuhito Yasuda. ''Durarara!!'' tells the story of a dullahan working as an underworld courier in Ikebukuro, an internet- ...
– Direct Routing for Roamer to Roamer
Dual-mode handset {{Unreferenced, date=April 2016
Dual-mode mobiles refer to mobile phones that are compatible with more than one form of data transmission or network.
Dual-Mode Phone
A dual-mode phone is a telephone which uses more than one technique for sending an ...
(i.e.
dual-mode mobile phones)
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eHRPD – Enhanced HRPD
EDI – Electronic Data Interchange
EDT – Electronic Data Transfer
Encryption
In cryptography, encryption is the process of encoding information. This process converts the original representation of the information, known as plaintext, into an alternative form known as ciphertext. Ideally, only authorized parties can decip ...
Enhanced PRL
''Enhanced'' is a 2019 Canadian-Japanese action film produced, written and directed by James Mark. The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto After Dark Film Festival.
Plot
A sinister government organization hunts down mutants, and one of such is a ...
ERI – Enhanced Roaming Indicator – See
Roaming Indicator
ESA – Enhanced Subscriber Authentication – See
AKA
ESN – Electronic Serial Number
ESPM – Extended System Parameters Message
EV-DO – See
1xEV-DO
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FA – Foreign Agent – See
Mobile IP
Mobile IP (or MIP) is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard communications protocol that is designed to allow mobile device users to move from one network to another while maintaining a permanent IP address. Mobile IP for IPv4 is des ...
FCC – U.S.
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction ...
Financial Settlement
In law, a settlement is a resolution between disputing parties about a legal case, reached either before or after court action begins. A collective settlement is a settlement of multiple similar legal cases. The term also has other meanings in t ...
FOTA – Firmware Over-the-Air – See
OTA
Frequency Block
G
Global Challenge – See
CAVE-based Authentication
Global Title
GTT – Global Title Translation
H
HA – Home Agent – See
Mobile IP
Mobile IP (or MIP) is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard communications protocol that is designed to allow mobile device users to move from one network to another while maintaining a permanent IP address. Mobile IP for IPv4 is des ...
Handoff (data)
Handoff (voice)
HLR – Home Location Register
Home Address – See
Mobile IP
Mobile IP (or MIP) is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard communications protocol that is designed to allow mobile device users to move from one network to another while maintaining a permanent IP address. Mobile IP for IPv4 is des ...
Home System
A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or many humans, and sometimes various pet, companion animals. It is a fully or semi sheltered space and can have both interior and exterior aspects to ...
HNI – Home Network Identifier – See
IMSI
Home SID/NID List
HRPD – High Rate Packet Data – See
1xEV-DO
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HSS – Home Subscriber Server – See
IMS
Hybrid Device
Hybrid may refer to:
Science
* Hybrid (biology), an offspring resulting from cross-breeding
** Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two ''Vitis'' species
** Hybridity, the property of a hybrid plant which is a union of two dif ...
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ICCID
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file:Sim card.png, A smart card taken from a Global System for Mobile Communications, GSM mobile phone
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– Integrated Circuit Card IDentifier (
sim card
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file:Sim card.png, A smart card taken from a Global System for Mobile Communications, GSM mobile phone
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Number)
IETF
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a standards organization for the Internet and is responsible for the technical standards that make up the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP). It has no formal membership roster or requirements and a ...
– Internet Engineering Task Force
IFAST International Forum on ANSI-41 Standards Technology (IFAST) is the coordinator for the allocation of System Identification Numbers (SID) for wireless communication outside Canada, the United States and territories, and on the assignment of Internat ...
– International Forum on ANSI-41 Standards Technology
IIF – Interworking and Interoperability Function
IMEI
The International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) is a numeric identifier, usually unique, for 3GPP and iDEN mobile phones, as well as some satellite phones. It is usually found printed inside the battery compartment of the phone but can al ...
– International mobile equipment Identity
IMS – IP Multimedia Subsystem
IMSI – International Mobile Subscriber Identity
IMSI 11 12 – Same as MNC (Mobile Network Code)
IMSI S – Short IMSI, Mobile Identification Number
Inbound Roamer
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Industry Organizations''
INF – Industry Negative File
Interconnection
In telecommunications, interconnection is the physical linking of a carrier's network with equipment or facilities not belonging to that network. The term may refer to a connection between a carrier's facilities and the equipment belonging to ...
Inter standard roaming
Roaming is a wireless telecommunication term typically used with mobile devices, such as mobile phones. It refers to a mobile phone being used outside the range of its native network and connecting to another available cell network.
Technical ...
IRM – International roaming MIN
IS-2000 – Superseded by TIA-2000
IS-41 – Superseded by TIA-41
IS-835
IS-856 – Superseded by TIA-856
IS-95
International Signaling Gateway, ISG – International Signaling Gateway
ISDN User Part, ISUP – Integrated Services User Part
ITU – International Telecommunication Union
J
J-STD-038
K
Keyboard (computing), Key
L
L2TP – Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
LAC – L2TP Access Concentrator – See L2TP
Line Range
LNS – L2TP Network Server – See L2TP
M
Major Account Billing Exchange Logistical, MABEL – Major Account Billing Exchange Logistical
Main Service Instance – See Service Instance
MAP – Mobile Application Part – See TIA-41
MIN Block Identifier, MBI – MIN Block Identifier
MC – Message Center – See SMS
Mobile Country Code, MCC – Mobile Country Code
Mobile Directory Number, MDN – Mobile Directory number, Directory Number
Mobile Equipment, ME – Mobile Equipment
MEID – Mobile Equipment Identifier
Mobile identification number, MIN – Mobile Identification Number
MIP – Mobile IP – See
Mobile IP
Mobile IP (or MIP) is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard communications protocol that is designed to allow mobile device users to move from one network to another while maintaining a permanent IP address. Mobile IP for IPv4 is des ...
Multimedia Domain, MMD – Multimedia Domain
Multimedia Messaging Service, MMS – Multimedia Messaging Service
Mobile Node, MN – Mobile Node
Mobile Network Code, MNC – Mobile Network Code
Mobile Node Identifier, MN ID – Mobile Node Identifier – See
A12 Authentication {{more citations needed, date=March 2016
A12 Authentication (''Access Authentication'' for 1xEV-DO) is a CHAP-based mechanism used by a CDMA2000 Access Network (AN) to authenticate a 1xEV-DO Access Terminal (AT).
* Evolution-Data Optimized (''EV- ...
Mobile IP
Mobile IP (or MIP) is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard communications protocol that is designed to allow mobile device users to move from one network to another while maintaining a permanent IP address. Mobile IP for IPv4 is des ...
Mobile Station, MS – Mobile Station
Mobile Switching Center, MSC – Mobile Switching Center
Mobile Switching Center Identification, MSCID – Mobile Switching Center Identification
MSC Identification Number, MSCIN – MSC Identification Number
MSID – Mobile Station Identity
MSIN – Mobile Subscription Identification Number, same as MIN
MSISDN – Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital Network Number
Master Subsidy Lock, MSL – Master Subsidy Lock
MTSO – Mobile Telephone Switching Office – See Mobile Switching Center, MSC
Multi-Band Handset
Multi-Mode Handset
N
Network Access Identifier, NAI – Network Access Identifier
Number Assignment Module, NAM – Number Assignment Module
NANP – North American Numbering Plan
Negative System – See
PRL
Net Settlement
Network Identification, NID – Network Identification Number
National Mobile Station Identity, NMSI – National Mobile Station Identity
National Mobile Station Identity, NMSID – National Mobile Station IDentity, Same as NMSI
NPA-NXX – See NANP
O
Open Mobile Alliance, OMA – Open Mobile Alliance
Open PRL – See
PRL
OTAPA – Over The Air Parameter Administration
OTASP – Over The Air Service Provisioning
Over-The-Air Programming, OTA – Over-The-Air Programming
Outbound Roamer
P
PAP – Password Authentication Protocol
Packet Data Service
Packet Data Service Option
Packet Data Session
Personal Communications Services, PCS – Personal Communications Services
Packet data serving node, PDSN – packet data serving node
Permissive Mode – See
PRL
PIN – Personal Identification Number – See Roamer Verification and Reinstatement, RVR
Plus Code Dialing
PN Offset – Identifies a base station. As base station usually has 3 pilot numbers. Also See Active Pilot.
Point of Attachment – See
Mobile IP
Mobile IP (or MIP) is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard communications protocol that is designed to allow mobile device users to move from one network to another while maintaining a permanent IP address. Mobile IP for IPv4 is des ...
PPP – Point-to-Point Protocol
PPP Service Instance – See Service Instance
Point-to-Point Protocol Session, PPP Session – Point-to-Point Protocol Session
Preferred System – See
PRL
PRL – Preferred Roaming List
Profiling (computer programming), Profiling
PUZL – Preferred User Zone List
PZID – Packet Zone Identification
Q
R
RADIUS – Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
RADIUS Server – See
AAA
AAA, Triple A, or Triple-A is a three-letter initialism or abbreviation which may refer to:
Airports
* Anaa Airport in French Polynesia (IATA airport code AAA)
* Logan County Airport (Illinois) (FAA airport code AAA)
Arts, entertainment, and me ...
RAN – Radio Access Network – See
AN
Restrictive Mode – See
PRL
Request for Comments, RFC – Request For Comments
RN – Radio Network – See
AN
RoamEx
Roaming
Roaming Agreement
Roaming Indicator
Roaming Service Provider, RSP – Roaming Service Provider
RUIM – Removable User Identity Module
Roamer Verification and Reinstatement, RVR – Roamer Verification and Reinstatement
S
Sector ID
Service Instance
Service Option
Serving System
System Identification Number, SID – System ID
SID/NID Lockout List
Session Initiation Protocol, SIP – Session Initiation Protocol
SMS – Short Message Service
SMSC – Short Message Service Centre – See SMS
Soft Handoff
SO33 – Service Option 33 – See Service Option
SO59 – Service Option 59 – See Service Option
Service Programming Code, SPC – Service Programming Code, same as MSL (Master Subsidy Lock)
SPASM – Subscriber Parameter Administration Security Mechanism
SPC – Service Programming Code
Subnet ID
Supplementary Services
SSPR – System Selection for Preferred Roaming
System table – See
PRL
T
Technical Data Sheet, TDS – Technical Data Sheet
Telcordia
Telecommunications Industry Association, TIA – Telecommunications Industry Association
TIA-2000
TIA-41 – Cellular Radio-Telecommunications Intersystem Operations
TIA-856
TIA-878
Temporary Local Directory Number, TLDN – Temporary Local Directory Number
Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity, TMSI – Temporary Mobile Station Identity
Triple DES – Triple Data Encryption Standard
Trading Partner Agreements
U
Usage Data Records, UDR – Usage Data Records
UIM – User Identity Module – See RUIM
UIMID – UIM Identifier – See RUIM
Unique Challenge – See
CAVE-based Authentication
V
Verification – See Roamer Verification and Reinstatement, RVR
Visited System
VLR – Network switching subsystem#Visitor location register, Visitor Location Register
W
Wireless Intelligent Network, WIN – Wireless Intelligent Network
WCDMA – Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
X
X0 Records – See
CIBER
Ciber Global, now a part of HTC Global Services, is a global information technology consulting
In management, information technology consulting (also called IT consulting, computer consultancy, business and technology services, computing consult ...
X2 Records – See
CIBER
Ciber Global, now a part of HTC Global Services, is a global information technology consulting
In management, information technology consulting (also called IT consulting, computer consultancy, business and technology services, computing consult ...
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Z
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Code division multiple access