| AMPS |
Advanced Mobile Phone Service
(USA analog cellular standard) |
| APCO |
Association of Public Communications
Officers (USA) |
| CDMA |
Code Division Multiple Access |
| CDPD |
Cellular Digital Packet Data (for
AMPS networks) |
| DataTAC* |
Motorola standard for wireless
packet data networks |
| D-AMPS |
Digital Advanced Mobile Phone
Service (USA standard), also known as IS-136 TDMA. |
| DECT |
Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephony
(using TDMA) |
| DPCS |
Digital Personal Communication
Service |
| ERMES |
Enhanced Radio Message System |
| ETSI |
European Telecommunications Standards
Institute |
| FCC |
Federal Communications Commission
(USA) |
| FPLMTS |
Future Personal Land Mobile Telecommunications
Service |
| FDMA |
Frequency Division Multiple Access |
| GPRS |
General Packet Radio Services
(GSM) |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GSM |
Global System for Mobile Communications.
Usually refers to the European standard GSM operating on 900
MHz and 1800 MHz bands, but in North America refers to the 1900
MHz band. |
| GSM 900 |
GSM networks operating in the
900 MHz band |
| GSM 1800 |
GSM networks operating in the
1.8 GHz band (also known as PCN and DCS 1800) |
| GSM 1900 |
GSM networks operating in the
1.9Ghz band (also known as PCS 1900). Primarily in North America. |
| HSCSD |
High Speed Circuit Switched Data
(GSM) |
| HTML |
Hyper-Text Mark-up Language (Internet) |
| IS-136 TDMA |
USA cellular standard, also known
as D-AMPS |
| ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| MDI |
Mobile Data Initiative |
| Messenger |
Racal standard for wireless packet
data networks |
| Mobitex* |
Ericsson standard for wireless
packet data networks |
| NMT |
Nordic Mobile Telephone system.
Analog standard similar to AMPS. |
| PAMR |
Public Access Mobile Radio |
| PCIA |
Personal Communications Industry
Association |
| PCMCIA |
Personal Computer Memory Card
International Association |
| PCN |
Personal Communications Networks
(Europe) |
| PCS |
Personal Communications Services
operating in the 1.9 GHz band. Primarily in North America. Includes
three technologies: GSM 1900, CDMA and TDMA (IS-136, or D-Amps). |
| PDC |
Personal Digital Cellular (Japan)
used to be called JDC. |
| PHS |
Personal Handyphone System (Japan) |
| PMR |
Private Mobile Radio |
| PTO |
Public Telecommunications Operator |
| ROI |
Return On Investment |
| SIM |
Subscriber Identification Module
(GSM) |
| SMR |
Specialized Mobile Radio (USA) |
| SMS |
Short Message Service |
| TACS |
Total Access Communications System
(900 MHz.) Analog standard similar to AMPS. |
| TDMA |
Time Division Multiple Access
(IS-136, also known as D-Amps.) |
| TETRA |
Trans-European Trunked Radio |
| UMTS |
Universal Mobile Telecommunications
Service |
| Web |
World Wide Web |
| X.25 |
International standard for packet
switched networks |
