Glossary

Bluetooth

A new technology to enable seemless data and voice transmission via

 

short-range radio.

Call barring

Enables you to restrict or bar certain or all types of calls to and from

 

your mobile phone, i.e. outgoing calls, outgoing international calls,

 

incoming calls. Barring is activated with a personal code. To use this

 

service, it must be supported by your network and by your phone.

 

You may also have to add this service to your subscription.

Call forwarding

This feature allows you to program a number to which all incoming

 

calls will be automatically rerouted.

Call restriction

Enables you to restrict or bar certain or all types of calls to and from

 

your mobile phone, i.e. outgoing calls, outgoing international calls,

 

incoming calls. To use this service, it must be supported by your

 

network and by your phone. You may also have to add this service to

 

your subscription.

Call transfer

Enables you to transfer a caller to another number. To use this

 

service, it must be supported by your network and by your phone.

 

You may also have to add this service to your subscription.

Cell broadcast

Used now in GSM particularly, this paging service allows an operator

 

to spread short information messages to all or dedicated subscriber

 

surrounding a cell or a region.

GPRS

Generalised Packet Radio Service - GSM network structure and

 

methods development in terms of data connectivity with a high speed

 

rate and dynamic allocation.

GSM

Global System for Mobile communications - Digital wireless

 

telecommunications standard widely used throughout the world and

 

used by your phone. GSM 900 uses 900 MHz frequency band,

 

whereas GSM 1800 uses 1800 MHz frequency band (see “Other

 

operator services” page 82).

Home Zone

A particular area within your home network. If this feature is

 

provided by your home network, the home zone symbol is displayed

 

indicated that you are currently within the home zone.

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