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I S P  G L O S S A R Y
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Telecommunications

Parent Categories
 Communications

Subcategories
 Faxing ISDN
 Modems

Terms


 3GPP ACD
 ADSI ADSL
 AHT ALI
 AMR-WB Analog Display Services Interface
 Analog Telephone Adapter ANI
 antenna antenna array
 Application Session Controller ARPU
 asterisk attenuation crosstalk ratio
 AUC Audio Messaging Interchange Specification
 auto dialer auto-redial
 Average Revenue Per User base station controller
 baseband B-channel
 beamforming BGAN
 billing increment BOC
 bonded T1 border
 BPL BRAS
 broadband BTXML
 call agent call center suite
 call controller call detail record
 call divert call signaling
 calling card CAP
 Carrier Ethernet carrier's carrier
 CCXML cell
 Cell on Wheels Cells in Frames
 cellular centrex
 channel bank cherry picker
 CLEC clickstream
 cloud CMC
 CO CoIP
 companding converged application platform
 CPE crosstalk
 CSU/DSU CTI
 DAL dark fiber
 D-channel deep dialing
 demarcation point dial peer
 dial peer hunting DID
 digital loop carrier dipole antenna
 DNIS DSVD
 DTMF dual-mode device
 E.164 E1
 E911 edge switch
 Enhanced Message Service ENUM
 erlang ESN
 ETSI facilities-based competition
 fax over Internet Protocol Firm Order Commitment
 Fixed Mobile Convergence FOC
 FoIP Fraud over Internet Protocol
 free space optics FSO
 FTTC FTTH
 FXO FXS
 G.711 G.721
 G.722 G.723
 G.726 G.727
 G.728 G.729
 G.7xx G.lite
 GEO global area network
 GSM H.248
 H.323 handoff
 HD voice HFC
 high-gain antenna Home Location Register
 hoot and holler IA
 iDEN IDSL
 IFITL ILEC
 IMSI Inmarsat-4 satellite
 Internet telephony IoS
 IP faxing IP Multimedia Subsystem
 IP PBX IP phone
 IS-95 IVR
 IXC jitter
 jukebox last mile
 LATA LEO
 local loop localhost
 loopback MDF
 mean opinion score media
 media gateway controller Megaco
 MEO Metro Ethernet
 Metro Ethernet Forum MGC
 mobile phone forensics Mobile Switching Center
 MOS MPOE
 MSISDN MSO
 MTS multiband antenna
 MVNE MVNO
 network neutrality Next-Generation Network
 NGN NOC
 NTU OLEC
 Open Settlement Protocol OSP
 p2mp PABX
 packet buffer PAM
 patch cord patch panel
 PBX POD
 POTS predictive dialer
 presence provisioning
 PSAP PSTN
 pulse amplitude modulation punchdown block
 QoS RBGAN
 RJ-11 RTP Control Protocol
 SAP SBC
 session border controller session controller
 shared loop silver satin
 SIM SIP proxy
 SIPphone Skype
 soft phone softswitch
 spit SS7
 subscriber identity module T-1 carrier
 T-3 carrier TC
 TDR telco
 telecommunications telematics
 telematics telephony
 TEM Tempest
 terminal text messaging
 TR-069 transponder
 trunking TSAPI
 UNE UNE-P
 UTRA VDSL
 Verizon FiOS virtual PBX
 visitor location register Voice Web Application
 VoIM VoIP
 VoIP packet loss VOP
 vox VPBX
 WATS wideband
 wideband voice yagi antenna