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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 ...

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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 ...

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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

– 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

CLIP – Calling Line Identification Presentation – See

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

CNID – Calling Number Identification – See

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

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

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Global Challenge – See CAVE-based Authentication Global Title GTT – Global Title Translation

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HA – Home Agent – See

Handoff (data) Handoff (voice) HLR – Home Location Register Home Address – See

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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– Integrated Circuit Card IDentifier (

sim card file:SIM-Karte von Telefónica O2 Europe - Standard und Micro.jpg, A typical SIM card (mini-SIM with micro-SIM cutout) file:Sim card.png, A smart card taken from a Global System for Mobile Communications, GSM mobile phone file:Simkarte NFC SecureE ...

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 '
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

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J-STD-038

K

Keyboard (computing), Key

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L2TP – Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol LAC – L2TP Access Concentrator – See L2TP Line Range LNS – L2TP Network Server – See L2TP

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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RADIUS – Remote Authentication Dial In User Service RADIUS Server – See

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

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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

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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

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Usage Data Records, UDR – Usage Data Records UIM – User Identity Module – See RUIM UIMID – UIM Identifier – See RUIM Unique Challenge – See CAVE-based Authentication

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Verification – See Roamer Verification and Reinstatement, RVR Visited System VLR – Network switching subsystem#Visitor location register, Visitor Location Register

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Wireless Intelligent Network, WIN – Wireless Intelligent Network WCDMA – Wideband Code Division Multiple Access

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X0 Records – See

X2 Records – See

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