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).
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
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 a mobile phone.
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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.
VAD
Voice Activated Dialling.
VAS
Value Added Service.
vCalendar
vCalendar defines a transport and
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, WAP browsers, telephony applications, call centres, video conferences, PIMs /PDAs, pag- ers, 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 meta- phor to specify a service. A card is typically a unit of interaction with the user, that is, either presenta- tion of information or request for information from the user. A collection of cards is called a deck, which usually constitutes a service.
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