AGPS |
Assisted Global Positioning System |
AMPS |
Advanced Mobile Phone System |
ANI |
Automatic Number Identification |
API |
Application Programming Interface |
ARPU |
Average Revenue Per User |
BaaS |
Backend as a Service |
BREW |
Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless |
BSC |
Base Station Controller |
BLE |
Bluetooth Low Energy or Bluetooth Smart |
BTA |
Basic Trading Area |
BTS |
Base Transceiver System |
CDMA |
Code Division Multiple Access |
CDPD |
Cellular Digital Packet Data |
CLEC |
Competitive Local Exchange Carrier |
CPE |
Customer Premises Equipment |
CSS |
Cascading Style Sheet |
DOM |
Document Object Model |
DSP |
Digital Signal Processor |
DVB-H |
Digital Video Broadcast – Handheld |
EDGE |
Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution |
ESMR |
Enhanced or Extended Specialized Mobile Radio |
EV-DO |
Evolution Data Only |
FDD |
Frequency Division Duplex |
GMSC |
Gateway Mobile Switching Center |
GPRS |
General Packet Radio Service |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GSM |
Global Systems for Mobile Communications (originally Groupe Special Mobile (French)) |
HLR |
Home Location Register |
HSDPA |
High Speed Downlink Packet Access |
HSUPA |
High Speed Uplink Packet Access |
HTML |
HyperText Markup Language |
IaaS |
Infrastructure as a Service |
iDEN |
Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (Motorola TDMA) |
ILEC |
Independent Local Exchange Carrier |
IMS |
IP Multimedia Subsystem |
IoT |
Internet of Things |
IP |
Internet Protocol |
J2ME |
Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (old) |
Java ME |
Java Platform, Micro Edition (new) |
LAN |
Local Area Network |
LEC |
Local Exchange Carrier |
LoRa |
Long-range (Radio) |
LoRaWAN |
Long-range (Radio) WAN |
LTE |
Long Term Evolution |
M2M |
Machine-to-machine (Communication) |
MIMO |
Multiple Input, Multiple Output |
MMDS |
Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service |
MMS |
Multimedia Messaging Service |
MOU |
Minutes of Use |
MSC |
Mobile Switching Center |
MT |
Mobile Terminated (e.g. SMS) |
MO |
Mobile Originated (e.g. SMS) |
MVNO |
Mobile Virtual Network Operator |
NFC |
Near Field Communication |
OS |
Operating System |
OTA |
Over The Air |
PaaS |
Platform as a Service |
P2P |
Peer-To-Peer |
PCS |
Personal Communications System |
PHS |
Personal Handyphone System |
POTS |
Plain Old Telephone Service |
PSAP |
Public Safety Answering Point |
PSTN |
Public Switched Telephone Network (= POTS) |
PTT |
Push To Talk |
QR |
Quick Response (Code) |
RBOC |
Regional Bell Operating Company |
RF |
Radio Frequency |
RFID |
Radio Frequency Identification |
RNC |
Radio Network Controller |
RTT |
Round-trip Time |
SaaS |
Software as a Service |
SIM |
Subscriber Identity Module |
SIP |
Session Initiation Protocol |
SMR |
Specialized Mobile Radio |
SMS |
Short Message Service |
SVG |
Scalable Vector Graphics |
TDD |
Time Division Duplex |
TDMA |
Time Division Multiple Access |
TD-SCDMA |
Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (phew!) |
UMA |
Unlicensed Mobile Access |
UMTS |
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System |
UWB |
Ultra Wideband |
VoIM |
Voice over Instant Messaging = VoIP |
VoIP |
Voice over Internet Protocol |
WAN |
Wide Area Network |
WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol |
W-CDMA |
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access |
WICD |
Web Integration Compound Document |
Wi-Fi |
Wireless Fidelity (IEEE 802.11b WLAN) |
WiMAX |
(or WirelessMAN) Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (IEEE 802.16) |
WLAN |
Wireless Local Area Network (typically IEEE 802.11) |
WLL |
Wireless Local Loop |
VLR |
Visitor Location Register |
WML |
Wireless Markup Language |
VoIP |
Voice over IP |
XHTML |
Extended HyperText Markup Language |