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fixed-mobile substitution
12 Dec 2006
WORD - Fixed-mobile substitution (FMS) is the tendency for consumers and businesses to increasingly substitute cellular telephones for hard-wired or cordless landline sets. Consumers prefer mobile phones for several reasons. The ...
fixed-mobile convergence
26 Nov 2006
WORD - Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) is the trend towards seamless connectivity between fixed and wireless telecommunications networks. The term also describes any physical network that allows cellular telephone sets to function ...
EV-DO
27 Sep 2006
WORD - EV-DO (1x Evolution-Data Optimized) is a 3G wireless radio broadband data standard that enables faster speeds than are available in existing CDMA networks or other 2G services, such as GPRS or EDGE. EV-DO is pronounced as ...
4G
23 Sep 2001
WORD - 4G is the short term for fourth-generation wireless, the stage of broadband mobile communications that will supercede the third generation (3G). While neither standards bodies nor carriers have concretely defined or agreed ...
Stratellite
08 Apr 2003
WORD - A Stratellite is a rigid framed airship that hovers in a fixed position in the lower stratosphere and carries one or more repeaters to create wireless communication networks. Stratellites, classified as both unmanned aerial ...
TD-SCDMA
26 Nov 2003
WORD - TD-SCDMA (time division synchronous code division multiple access) is a mobile telephone standard for wireless network operators who want to move from a second generation (2G) wireless network to a third-generation (3G) one. ...
UMTS
09 Apr 2003
WORD - UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service) is a third-generation (3G) broadband, packet-based transmission of text, digitized voice, video, and multimedia at data rates up to 2 megabits per second (Mbps). UMTS offers ...
EDGE
11 Apr 2003
WORD - EDGE (Enhanced Data GSM Environment) is a faster version the Global System for Mobile (GSM) wireless service designed to deliver data at rates up to 384 Kbps and enable the delivery of multimedia and other broadband ...
BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network)
16 Jan 2006
WORD - BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) is a mobile communications system created to transmit broadband wireless voice and data communications almost anywhere on the earth's surface. The system, developed by Immarsat, Inc., ...
802.16a
30 Aug 2004
WORD - 802.16a is a wireless communications specification for metropolitan area networks (MANs). It was approved in January 2003 and released in April 2003 as part of a set of standards known as 802.16 or WiMax. The 802.16 standards ...


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