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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
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
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