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Micro browser
Accesses and displays Internet content in a mobile phone, using small file sizes and the bandwidth of the
MMI
SIM card
Subscriber Identity Module card – a card that must be inserted in any
MS
Mobile Station.
MT
Mobile Termination.
OTA
PDA
Personal Digital Assistant.
PDP
Packet Data Protocol.
Phonebook
A memory in the mobile phone or SIM card where phone numbers can be stored and accessed by name or position.
PIM
Personal Information Management.
SMS-C
Service Center (for SMS).
Service provider
A company that provides services and subscrip- tions to mobile phone users.
SI
Service Indication.
SL
Service Loading.
SMS
Short Messaging Service. Allows messages of up to 160 characters to be sent and received via the network operator's message center to a mobile phone.
SS
Supplementary Services.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
TTY
Text Telephony
UMTS
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System. The telecommunications system, incorporating mobile cellular and other functionality, that is the subject of standards produced by 3GPP.
URL
Uniform Resource Locator.
USSD
Unstructured Supplementary Services Data.
VAS
Value Added Service.
vCard
vCard automates the exchange of personal infor- mation typically found on a traditional business card, for use in applications such as Internet mail, voice mail, Web browsers, telephony applications, call centers, video conferences, PIMs /PDAs, pag- ers, fax, office equipment, and smart cards. vCard is specified by IETF.
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