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Mobile Switching Center
Last modified: Friday, April 20, 2007 

Abbreviated as MSC the mobile switching center connects calls by switching the digital voice data packets from one network path to another (also called routing). The MSC also provides the information that is  needed to support mobile service subscribers, such as user registration and authentication information.

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