GSM

Global System for Mobile Communications. GSM is the world’s most widely-used digital mobile phone system, now operating in over 100 countries around the world, particularly in Europe and Asia- Pacific. The GSM systems family includes GSM 900, GSM 1800 and GSM 1900.

HTML

HyperText Markup Language.

HTTP

HyperText Transfer Protocol.

IrDA

Infrared Data Association.

ISP

Internet Service Provider.

LAN

Local Area Network.

ME

Mobile Equipment.

MMI

Man-Machine Interface.

MS

Mobile Station.

MT

Mobile Termination.

OTA

Over-the Air Configuration. To provide settings for the phone by way of sending a message, SMS, over the network to the phone. This reduces the need for the user to configure the phone manually.

PDA

Personal Digital Assistant.

PDP

Packet Data Protocol.

Phonebook

A memory in your mobile phone or SIM card where phone numbers can be stored and accessed by name or position.

Picture Phonebook

Lets you assign a picture or an icon stored in the phone to an entry stored in the Phonebook.

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PIM

Personal Information Management.

SC

Service Centre (for SMS).

Service provider

A company that provides services and subscrip- tions 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.

SMS

Short Message Service. Allows messages of up to 160 characters to be sent and received via the net- work 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.

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.

TE

Terminal Equipment.

Triple band

GSM 900/1800/1900. Your phone is a triple band phone, which means that you can use your phone on the GSM 900, GSM 1800, and the GSM 1900 network.

URL

Uniform Resource Locator.

USSD

Unstructured Supplementary Services Data.

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