Telecom Acronyms
Jargons and Abbreviations are unique and common in Telecom industry. One has to understand and be familiar with these jargons to know the industry better. These jargons are widely used in discussions and by the telecom journals. Most of these abbreviations are technology related.
2G Second Generation of mobile technology
3G Third Generation of mobile technology
ADC Access Deficit Charges
AGR Adjusted Gross Revenue
ARPU Average Revenue Per User
AUSPI Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India
BTS Base Transceiver Station
BWA Broadband Wireless Access
CDMA Core Divisional Multiple Access
CDR Call Data Record
CLIP Calling Line Identity Presentation
CMS Customer Market Share
COAI Cellular Operators Association of India
CPE Customer Premises Equipment
DoT Department of Telecommunications
DSL Digital subscriber Line
EDGE Enhanced Data for Global Evolution
FTTP Fibre to the Premises
GBT Ground Based Tower
GPRS General Packet Radio Service
GSM Global System for Mobile Telephony
ICT Information and Communication Technology
IDC Internet Data Center
ILD International Long Distance
IN Intelligent Network
IPLC International Private Leased Circuit
IPTV Internet Protocol Television
ITU International Telecom Union
ISDN Integrated Service Digital Network
ISP Internet Service Provider
IUC Interconnect Usage Charges
IVR Interactive voice response
LAN Local Area Network
LTE Long Term Evolution
MCN Media Convergence Node
MMS Multimedia Messaging Service
MNO Mobile Network Operator
MNP Mobile Number Portability
MOST Mobile Operators Shared Towers
MPLS Multi Protocol Label Switching
MSA Master Service Agreement
MSC Mobile Switching Center
MVNO Mobile Virtual Network Operator
NFAP National Frequency Allocation Plan
NLD National Long Distance
NTP National Telecom Policy
OFC Optical Fiber Cable
PBX Private Branch Exchange
PCO Public Call Office
PDA Personal Digital Assistant
POI Point of Interconnect
POTS Plain Old Telephone System
PSTN Public Switched Telecom Network
QoS Quality of Service
RAN Radio Access Network
RF Radio Frequency
RMS Revenue Market Share
RCV Recharge Vouchers
RPM Rate per minute
RTP Roof Top Poles
RTT Roof Top Tower
SACFA Standing Advisory Committee on Radio Frequency Allocation
SIM Subscriber Identity Module
SMS Short Messaging Service
STD Subscriber Trunk Dialing
TDSAT Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal
TDMA Time division Multiple Access
TEC Telecom Engineering Centre
TERM Cell Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring Cell
TRAI Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
UASL Unified Access Service Licence
USO Fund Universal Service Obligation Fund
VAS Value Added Services
VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPT Village Public Telephone
VTM Vigilance Telecom Monitoring
VSAT Very Small Aperture terminals
WAN Wide Area network
WAP Wireless Application Protocol
WIMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
WPC Wireless Planning and Co-ordination Wing
Questions and Answers
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Mobile has made the switch from a voice- and messaging-centric technology to become a predominantly data channel. It's happened so fast that wireless networks are barely able to keep up, and growth will continue to compound for the foreseeable future. Wireless carriers & mobile operators are employing a variety of tools to help their networks handle data more efficiently and quickly, but none is as significant as the transition to fourth-generation technology, 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE).
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Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) is a set of ETSI standards specifying the infrastructure for a digital cellular service. The standard is used in approx. 85 countries in the world including India
The mobile subscriber base in India is 680 million out of which 68% of the subscribers are from urban areas and the balance 32% is from rural areas. The urban teledensity has reached 134% whereas rural teledensity is only 28%. As a result, the telecom subscriber growth in urban areas is now saturated and further growth can come only from rural India.
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Cable TV industry is in India is at cross roads. It is facing huge challenges from new technologies like DTH and IPTV. Only option available for cable TV industry is to digitalize the network, which has already been mandated by TRAI. Even though it requires huge investments, it will take the industry to retain its lead in the cable and satellite communication.
The recently concluded 3G auction in India was a very successful process, which gave huge revenue to the Government of India, 3 times their estimates. Now the Government is planning to roll out similar auction process to other infrastructure projects as well
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