ME
Mobile Equipment.
Micro browser
Accesses and displays Internet content in a mobile phone, using small file sizes and the bandwidth of the
MIDP
Mobile Information Device Profile. A J2ME profile connected to the CLDC configuration and aimed at mobile phones.
MMI
MS
Mobile Station.
MT
Mobile Termination.
OTA
PDA
Personal Digital Assistant.
PDP
Packet Data Protocol.
Phone book
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.
SC
Service Centre (for SMS).
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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
SMS
Short Message Service. Allows messages of up to 160 characters to be sent and received via the network operator's message centre to a mobile phone.
SS
Supplementary Services.
SyncML
An open standard for synchronization of all devices and applications over any network.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
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.
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