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ADSL |
Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line |
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AMPS |
Advanced Mobile Phone System |
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ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
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ATSC |
Advanced Television Systems Committee |
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BBO |
Buy-Build-Operate |
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BOO |
Build-Own-Operate |
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BOOT |
Build-Own-Operate-Transfer |
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BWA |
Broadband Wireless Access |
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CA |
Conditional Access |
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CATV |
CAble TV |
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CDMA |
Code Division Multiple Access |
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CDMA2000 |
CDMA 2000 |
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CEPT |
Conférence Européenne des Administrations des Postes et Télécommunications |
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CERTs |
Computer Emergency Response Teams |
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DAB |
Digital Audio Broadcasting |
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DARPA |
Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency |
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DBFO |
Design-Build-Finance-Operate |
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DMB |
Digital Multimedia Broadcasting |
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DSL |
Digital Subscriber Line |
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DTH |
Direct To Home |
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DTTV |
Digital Terrestrial TV |
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DTV |
Digital TV |
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DVB |
Digital Video Broadcasting |
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DVB-H |
DVB- Handheld |
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DVB-T |
DVB- Terrestrial |
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EDGE |
Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution |
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ENUM |
tElephone NUmber Mapping |
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ETSI |
European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
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EU |
European Union |
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FCC |
Federal Communications Commission |
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FDM |
Frequency Division Multiplexing |
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FEC |
Forward Error Correction |
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FM |
Frequency Modulation |
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FMC |
Fixed Mobile Convergence |
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FMI |
Fixed Mobile Integration |
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FTTH |
Fibre To the Home |
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FTTx |
FTTHome, FTTArea, FTTCabinet, FTTCurb, … |
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FWA |
Fixed wireless Access |
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GPRS |
General Packet Radio Service |
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GPS |
Global Positioning System |
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GSM |
Global System for Mobile communication |
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HDR |
Hardware Defined Radio |
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HDTV |
High Definition TV |
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HSCSD |
High Speed Circuit Switched Data |
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ICT |
Information and Communication Technologies |
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IEC |
International Electronical Commission |
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IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
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IP |
Internet Protocol |
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IPTV |
IP Television |
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IPv4 |
IP version 4 |
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IPv6 |
IP version 6 |
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ISDB |
Integrated Service Digital Broadcasting, |
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ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
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ISM |
Industrial, Science and Medical |
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SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
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ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
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ITU |
International Telecommunication Union |
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ITU-T |
ITU-Telecommunication |
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LAN |
Local Area Network |
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LF |
Low Frequency |
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LRAIC |
Long Run Average Incremental Cost |
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MAN |
Metropolitan Area Network |
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MediaFLO |
Media Forward Link Only |
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MOS |
Mean Opinion Score |
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MPEG |
Moving Pictures Expert Group |
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MSP |
Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships |
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NGAN |
Next Generation Access Network |
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NGCN |
Next Generation Core Network |
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NGN |
Next Generation Network |
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NMT |
Nordic Mobile Telephone |
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PCM |
Pulse Code Modulation |
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PDC |
Personal Digital Cellular |
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PDH |
Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy |
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PHS |
Personal Handyphone System |
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PLC |
Power Line Communication |
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POTS |
Plain Old Telephony Services |
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PPP |
Public Private Partnership |
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PSTN |
Public Switched Telephone Network |
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QoS |
Quality of service |
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RFID |
Radio Frequency Identification |
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SDH |
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy |
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SDR |
Software Defined Radio |
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TACS |
Total Access Communication Systems |
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TDCDMA |
Time Division- Code Division Multiple Access |
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TDMA |
Time Division Multiple Access |
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UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
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UHF |
Ultra High Frequency |
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UK |
United Kingdom |
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US |
United States |
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USO |
Universal Service Obligation |
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VAN |
Value Added Network |
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VHF |
Very High Frequency |
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VHS |
Video Home System |
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VLF |
Very Low Frequency |
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VoD |
Video on Demand |
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VoIP |
Voice over IP |
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VSAT |
Very Small Aperture Terminal |
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WCDMA |
Wideband CDMA |
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Wi-Fi |
Wireless Fidelity |
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WiMAX |
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access |
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WSIS |
World Summit on Information Society |
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WWW |
World Wide WEB |