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4 Abbreviations and acronyms

This Technical Report uses the following abbreviations and acronyms:
3G Third Generation mobile networks

AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
API Application Programming Interface

BB BroadBand
CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate

CBD Central Business District
CIC China Institute of Communications
ECDL European Computer Driving License

EHR Electronic Health Record
EMF Electromagnetic Field

ERMC European Ranking of Middle‐sized Cities
ESCI Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative

EUSI European System of Social Indicators
EV Electric Vehicle

FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FTTx Fibre to the x (B – building, business; H – Home; C – Cabinet, Curb)
GCIF Global City Indicators Facility

GDP Gross Domestic Product
GHG Greenhouse Gas

GIS Geographic Information System
GP General Practitioner

GPC Global Protocol for Community scale GHG emissions
HDV Heavy Duty Vehicle

HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection
HQ Headquarter
HSPA+ Evolved High‐Speed Packet Access

IBM International Business Machine

ICLEI International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
ICT Information and Communication Technology
IDC International Data Corporation

IDI ICT Development Index
IP Internet Protocol

IPPU Industrial Processes and Product Uses

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