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Contacts

A memory in the mobile phone or SIM card where phone numbers and information such as email address, web address, picture and voice command can be stored and accessed by name or position.

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards Institute.

FM

Frequency Modulation of the (radio) carrier wave.

CS

Circuit Switched

CSD

Circuit Switched Data

CSS

Cascading Style Sheet

Deck

A collection of WML cards.

DRM

Digital Rights Management; controlling copying and distribution of contents, with respect to intellectual property rights.

DTMF or Touch Tone

Dual Tone Multi-Frequency signal – codes sent as tone signals. Used for telephone banking, accessing an answering machine, etc.

Dual band

GSM 900/1800.

e-GSM

Extended GSM. New frequencies specified by the European Radio Communications Committee (ERC) for GSM use when additional spectrum is needed (Network-dependent). It allows operators to transmit and receive just outside GSM’s core 900 frequency band. This extension gives increased network capability.

EFR

Enhanced Full Rate, speech coding.

EMS

Enhanced Messaging Service. Allows the user to add simple pixel pictures and animations, sounds and melodies to a text message.

FR

Full Rate, speech coding.

Gateway

A WAP Gateway typically includes the following functions:

•A Protocol Gateway – the protocol gateway translates requests from the WAP protocol stack to the WWW protocol stack (HTTP and TCP/IP).

•Content Encoders and Decoders – the content encoders translate Web content into compact encoded formats to reduce the size and number of packets travelling over the wireless data net- work.

GIF

Graphics Interchange Format

GPRS

General Packet Radio Services

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.

GSM system

The GSM system family includes GSM 900, GSM 1800 and GSM 1900. There are different phases of roll-out for the GSM system and GSM phones are either phase 1 or phase 2 compliant.

GSM 1800

Also known as DCS 1800 or PCN, this is a digital network working on a frequency of 1800 MHz. It is used in Europe and Asia-Pacific.

HR

Half Rate, speech coding.

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