3G
3G (third generation)mobile telephony gives you high-speed access (up to 2mb/s). This may enable live pictures, camera etc. on your phone. Preceding 3G is analogue (1G). Then came GSM (2G). Currently GSM is now tested with GPRS(a "light version" of 3G.)
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AIN
Advanced Intelligent Networks
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AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone System)
A standard for analogue mobile systems. Used in North America, Latin America, Australia and parts of Russia and Asia.
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ASP (Active Server Pages)
Serverside scripting technology to make interactive web pages. Based on VBScript.
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ATDMA
Advanced Time Division Multiple Access
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AuC
Authentication Center
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B (Byte)
1 byte = 8 bits. A byte is the smallest directly addressable memory unit in modern computers.
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Bandwidth
Measures the data-carrying capacity of a communications channel. Usually measured in bits per second(bps).
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Base station
The central radio transmitter/receiver that maintains communications with a mobile telephone. Most countries require several hundred base stations, in order to give approximated full coverage for mobile subscribers.
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Base Transceiver Station
The network base station that talks to the mobile.
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Bluetooth
Get the name from the Danish king Harald 1 Bluetooth who reigned from 940-985 A.D. .A radio technology built around a new chip that makes it possible to transmit signals over short distances between computers and handheld devices without the use of wires.
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bps
Bits per second
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BS
Base Station
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BSC
Base Station Controller
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Card
A WML card must exist inside a WML deck containing one or more cards.
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CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)
A technology for digital transmission of radio signals between, for example, a mobile telephone and a base station. The system uses the same frequency to allow multiple conversations. Each conversation is cut into snippets and then remodulated in reassembled in the other end.
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CLIP
Caller Line Identity Presentation
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CLIR
Caller Line Identity Restriction
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Control Channel
The channel the phone and cell base station first communicate on.
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D-AMPS (Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System)
Earlier designation of American standard for digital mobile telephony used primarily in America, Australia and parts of Russia and Asia.
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Mobile Devices 
