Phone book

A memory in your mobile phone or SIM card where phone numbers

 

can be stored and accessed by name or position.

PIM

Personal Information Management.

SC

Service Centre (for SMS).

Service Provider

A company that provides services and subscriptions to mobile phone

 

users.

SI

Service Indication.

SL

Service Loading.

SIM card

Subscriber Identity Module card – a card that must be inserted in any

 

GSM-based mobile phone. It contains subscriber details, security

 

information and memory for a personal directory of numbers. The card

 

can be a small plug-in type or credit card-sized but both types have the

 

same functions. Your phone uses the small plug-in card.

SIR

Serial Infrared.

SMS

Short Message Service. Allows messages of up to 160 characters to be

 

sent and received via the network operator's message centre to your

 

mobile phone. Messages are stored if the phone is off or out of reach

 

ensuring that they reach you. To use this service, it must be supported

 

by your network.

SS

Supplementary Services.

SWIM card

A SIM card with a WIM module.

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.

TE

Terminal Equipment.

TLS

Transport Layer Security.

Triple Band

 

GSM 900/1800/1900

Your phone is a triple band phone, which means that you can use your

 

phone on three different kinds of networks – the GSM 900 and the

 

GSM 1800 and GSM 1900 systems (also called PCN or DCS 1800)

 

systems.

URL

Uniform Resource Locator.

USSD

Unstructured Supplementary Services Data.

VAD

Voice Activated Dialling.

VAS

Value Added Service.

vCalendar

vCalendar defines a transport and platform-independent format for

 

exchanging calendar and scheduling information for use in PIMs/

 

PDAs and group schedulers. vCalendar is specified by IETF.

vCard

vCard automates the exchange of personal information typically found

 

on a traditional business card, for use in applications such as internet

 

mail, voice mail, Web browsers, telephony applications, call centres,

 

video conferencing, PIMs /PDAs, pagers, fax, office equipment, and

 

smart cards. vCard is specified by IETF.

WAE

Wireless Application Environment.

WAP

Wireless Application Protocol. Handheld devices, low bandwidth,

 

binary coded, a deck/card metaphor to specify a service. A card is typi-

 

cally a unit of interaction with the user, that is, either presentation of

 

information or request for information from the user. A collection of

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