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Mobile Terms & Acronyms
"Wireless technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace and along with it so too does the language used by the wireless industry - which at times can leave even the most accomplished wireless practitioner confused or bemused" - Rob Conway, CEO GSM Association
The following is a compiled list of mobile terms and acronyms taken from a GSM Association supported publication. For a hardback copy of Mobile Terms & Acronyms please contact GSM Publications.
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1G
The first generation of analogue mobile phone technologies including AMPS, TACS and NMT
2G
The second generation of digital mobile phone technologies including GSM, CDMA IS-95 and D-AMPS IS-136
2.5G
The enhancement of GSM which includes technologies such as GPRS
3G
The third generation of mobile phone technologies covered by the ITU IMT-2000 family
3GPP
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project, a grouping of international standards bodies, operators and vendors with the responsibility of standardising the WCDMA based members of the IMT-2000 family
