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This glossary defines acronyms and terms frequently encountered in the field of
personal telecommunication. It is designed to provide anyone not familiar them, a readable
and basic explanation of what they mean and how they are used.
Select the first letter of the word from the list above to
jump to appropriate section of the glossary. If the term you are looking for starts with a
digit or symbol, choose the '#' link.
A
- A-party
- The caller in any given call scenario
- ABA
- American Bankers Association
- Access Line
- A circuit between a customer and a local exchange
- Access Number
- The number a user dials to interact with the service profile
- Access Owner
- The lessee of an access line
- Access Provider
- The telecommunication provider of an access
line
- AE
- Authenticating Entity
- Alphanumeric
- A character set that contains letters and digits
- AI
- Artificial Intelligence (computing)
- AIN
- Advanced Intelligent Network (US)
- AMPS
- Advanced Mobile Phone System (analogue)
- ANSI
- American National Standards Institute (US)
- AP
- Access Point
- AUC
- Authentication Centre (security)
- AUSTEL
- Australian Telecommunications Authority (Australia)
- Authentication
- The process of verifying the identity of a user (security)
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B
- B-party
- The called party in any given call scenario
- Blacklist
- A list of disallowable numbers
- Bundling
- The combining together of products and services for
marketing purposes (marketing)
- Burden of Proof
- The obligation to satisfy the standard of care (legal)
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C
- C-party
- The terminating access owner in
a given scenario
- Call
- In the context of personal telecommunication any voice,
data, facsimile or ISDN call etc.
- Call Direction
- An A-party function that allows a
customer to direct calls to a B-party location.
- Call Diversion
- A B-party function that allows
customers to divert calls to a C-party location.
- Call Model
- A model representation of the elements of a call
- Call Redirection
- An A-party service that allows the
customer to direct calls to an alternative B-party location when
the B Party is either busy does not answer.
- CAN
- Customer Access Network
- Carrier
- A provider of either local or long distance services
- CCAF
- Call Control Agent Function
- CCF
- Call Control Function (switching)
- CCITT
- Consultative Committee on International Telegraphy and Telephony
- CCS7
- Common Channel Signaling No.7 (signaling)
- CDP
- Charge Determination Processor (network architecture)
- CEC
- Commission of the European Communities
- CER
- Call Event Record (networks)
- CFB
- Call Forward Busy
- CFNR
- Call Forward No Reply
- CIC
- Carrier Access Code
- CID
- Customer Identifier
- CLI
- Calling Line Identification (networks)
- CLIP
- Calling Line Identification Presentation
- CLIR
- Calling Line Identification Restriction
- CNM
- Customer Network Management
- CPE
- Customer Premises Equipment
- CPI
- Calling Person Identification
- CS-n
- Capability Set n (ETSI)
- CS1
- Capability Set One (ETSI)
- CSR
- Customer Services Representative (operations)
- CSS
- Customer Support System (Systems)
- CTI
- Computer Telephony Integration
- CTIA
- Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (Wireless)
- Customer Control
- The ability of a customer to change and manage the customer data associated with their service
- Customer data
- Service data under the direct
input and control of the customer
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D
- DBOR
- database of Record (systems)
- DCS1800
- Digital Cellular (1800Mhz)
- DECT
- Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephony
- DES
- Data Encryption Standard (security)
- DM
- Direct Marketing
- DTMF
- Dual Tone Multi Frequency
- Duty of Care
- The obligation to avoid negligence (legal)
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E
- EC
- European Community
- ETR
- ETSI Technical Report
- ETSI
- European Telecommunications Standards Institute
- Exchange
- The network element which switches calls
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F
- FAQ
- Frequently Asked Questions
- FCC
- Federal Communications Commission (US)
- FDDI
- Fiber Distributed Data Interface
- FTP
- File Transfer Protocol
- FLMPTS
- Future Land Public Mobile Telecommunication Systems (ITU)
- FMC
- Fixed Mobile Convergence
- FMI
- Fixed Mobile Integration
- FNN
- Full National Number
- FOI
- Freedom of Information (legal)
- FOH
- Front of House (operations)
- Fulfillment
- The process of mailing a newly activated customer
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G
- GDP
- Gross Domestic Product
- GIF
- Graphics Interchange Format
- GoS
- Grade of Service
- GPS
- Global Positioning System
- GSM
- Global System for Mobiles
- GUI
- Graphical User Interface
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H
- HLR
- Home Location Register
- HTML
- Hypertext Markup Language
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I
- Identification
- The process of establishing the identity of a PN user or PN subscriber
- IEEE
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- IMSI
- International Mobile Subscriber Identity
- IN
- Intelligent Network
- INAP
- Intelligent Network Application Part (signaling)
- InCall
- A call to a PN or UPT
service
- InCall destination
- The NTP point for an InCall
- InCall Destination
- The NTP where an InCall
is set up to in a given call scenario
- InCall origin
- The NTP that an InCall
is attempted from
- InCall registration
- The PN user process of establishing
an InCall destination
- Interconnect
- The capability to pass of a call from one network to another
- IP
- Intelligent Peripheral (network)
- IRR
- Internal Rate of Return
- ISDN
- Integrated Service Digital Network
- ISP
- Internet Service Provider
- ISUP
- ISDN Signaling User Part (signaling)
- ITU
- International Telecommunications Union
- IVR
- Interactive Voice Response
- IWU
- Interworking Unit
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J
- JPEG
- Joint Photographic Experts Group
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L
- LAN
- Local Area Network
- Legal Entity
- A person, company or any organisation with liability under
law
- LEO
- Low Earth Orbit satellite
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M
- MAP
- Mobile Application Part
- MEO
- Medium Earth Orbit Satellite
- MML
- Man Machine Language
- MoU
- Memorandum of Understanding
- MR
- Market Research
- MSC
- Mobile Switching Centre
- MTBF
- Mean Time Between Failure
- MTBR
- Mean Time Before Repair
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N
- NE
- Network Element
- Negligence
- The causing of damage unintentionally but carelessly.
- NMT
- Nordic Mobile Telephone System
- NPV
- Net Present Value
- NSN
- National Significant Number
- NTP
- Network Termination Point
- NTT
- Nippon Telephone and Telegraph
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O
- OECD
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
- OEM
- Original Equipment Manufacture
- OFTA
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- Oftel
- Office of Telecommunications (UK)
- OMS
- Operations & Maintenance System
- OSS
- Operational Support System
- OutCall
- A call from a PN or UPT
service
- OutCall destination
- The number dialed when making an OutCall
- OutCall origin
- The NTP that an OutCall
is attempted from
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P
- PA
- Personal Assistant
- PABX
- Private Automatic Branch Exchange
- PACTS
- Public Access Cordless Telecommunication Service
- Packaging
- A specific and allowable bundle of products & services
- PBX
- Private Branch Exchange
- PCS
- Personal Communication Service
- PCMCIA
- Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
- PCN
- Personal Communications Network
- PDA
- Personal Digital Assistant
- Personal Mobility
- The ability of a user to access their telephony services at
any terminal, and for the network to deliver those services in accordance with the user
personal controlled and individually specific set of instructions stored in the UPT service profile.
- Personal Telecom
- Personal telecom services like UPT are
telecommunication services designed around people, not terminals or networks. They
provide personal mobility and service profile management.
- PHS
- Personal Handyphone System
- PIN
- Personal Identification Number
- PLC
- Product Life Cycle
- PLMN
- Public Land Mobile Network
- PMTS
- Public Mobile Telephone System
- PN
- Personal Number
- PN Caller
- The person who calls a PN
- PN Feature
- Any feature specific to a PN service.
- PN Owner
- The commercial lessee of a PN service.
- PN Service Profile
- The network record containing a PN users service data
- PN Service Provider
- The telecom operator with whom the PN
subscriber contracts for a PN service
- PN Subscriber
- The same as PN owner
- PN Token
- A smart card that transmits a sequence of DTMF
tones
- PN Tone Sender
- A device which transmits a sequence of DTMF
tones
- PN User
- The person who uses a PN service
- POI
- Point of Interconnect
- POTS
- Plain Old Telephone Service
- Premium Number
- Value intrinsic numbers that provide image, easy recall and
dialability benefits to customers
- PSTN
- Public Switched Telephone Network
- PSTS
- Public Switched Telephone Service
- PTO
- Public Telecommunication Operator
- PUI
- Personal User Identity
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Q
- QEAN
- Quick Entry Access Number
- QoS
- Quality of Service
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R
- Registration
- The user process of setting up an InCall
instruction
- RFI
- Request for Information
- RFQ
- Request for Quote
- RPC
- Remote Procedure Call
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S
- S&M
- Sales & Marketing
- SCE
- Service Creation Environment
- SCEF
- Service Creation Environment Function
- SCF
- Service Control Function
- SCP
- Service Control Point
- SDF
- Services Data Function
- SDK
- Software Development Kit
- SDP
- Services Data Point
- Service Data
- That data required by the personal telecommunication service
to provide the service.
- Service Profile
- The network record of the UPT users
stored service instructions.
- Service Profile
Management
- The PN user process of service
profile control or manipulation
- SIB
- Service Independent Building Block
- SIM
- Subscriber Identity Module
- SIO
- Services In Operation
- SMC
- Security Management Centre
- SMF
- Service Management Function
- SMS
- Service Management System
- SMTP
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- SN
- Service Node
- SOC
- Statement of Compliance
- SOHO
- Small Office Home Office
- SPOC
- Single Point of Contact
- SQL
- Structured Query Language
- SRF
- Specialised Resource Function
- SSF
- Service Switching Function
- SSP
- Service Switching Point
- Standard of Care
- The level of care that an ordinary, reasonable & prudent
person would observe (legal)
- STD
- Subscriber Trunk Dialling
- STP
- Signaling Transfer Point
- Sub Contractor
- A third party contracted by TeleScapes to provide a service
to a TeleScapes client on behalf of TeleScapes
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T
- TCAP
- Transaction Capability Application Part
- TCP/IP
- Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
- Telecoms
- Telecommunication abbreviation
- Terminal Mobility
- The ability of a terminal to access telephony service whilst
in motion
- Terminating Customer
- The lessee of an NTP
- Third Party
- The lessee of an InCall registration address (NTP)
- TMN
- Telecommunications Management Network
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U
- UI
- User Interface
- UPT
- Universal Personal Telecommunication
A telecommunication service that provides personal mobility
and service profile management to allow the
user, who is identified by a person specific number, to control where, when and by whom
they are contacted. UPT and PCS are sometimes incorrectly assumed to be
the same service concept. UPT however allows complete personal mobility across multiple
networks, terminals and service providers.
- UPTAC
- UPT Access Code
- UPTAN
- UPT Access Number
- UPT Environment
- The network within which the UPT service is offered.
- UPT Procedure
- Any service instruction given by the user to the UPT
service.
- UPT Service Profile
- The network record containing the UPT users service data.
- UPT Service Provider
- The telecom operator with whom the UPT user contracts for
the UPT service.
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V
- VAS
- Value Added Service
- VDU
- Visual Display Unit
- VLR
- Visitor Location Register
- VMB
- Voicemail Box
- VMP
- Voicemail Platform
- Voicemail
- A generic term referring to any voicemail platform.
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W
- WBP
- Worlds Best Practice
- WBS
- Work Breakdown Structure
- Whitelist
- A list of allowable numbers
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