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TELECOMS TECHNOLOGY GLOSSARY
3G Third Generation
AMPS Advanced Mobile System
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Bluetooth
Broadband
Bypass
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
Cellular Radio
Circuit - Switching
D-AMPS Digital Advanced Mobile Phone
System
xDSL x Digital Subscriber Line
EDGE Enhanced Data Rates for GSM
Evolution
Ethernet
FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access
Frame Relay
FWA Fixed Wireless access
GPRS General Packet Radio Services
GSM Global System for Mobile
communications
HSCSD High Speed Circuit Switched
Data
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IN Intelligent Network
IP
IP Telephony
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISP Internet Service Provider
Internet
Internet Telephony
LAN Local Area Network
LEO
MSS Mobile-Satellite Service
Modem MOdulator/DEModulator
NMT Nordic Mobile Telephone
Narrowband
PDC Personal Digital Communications
Packet Switching
Router
SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
TACS Total Access Communications
System
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/
Internet Protocol
TDMA Times Division Multiple Access
Telco
Third Generation
VoIP
VPN Virtual Private Network
WAP Wireless Access Protocol
WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple
Access
WDM Wave Division Multiplexing
WLL Wireless Local Loop
Wideband
XML EXtensible Mark-up Language