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Technical Description and User Guide C3607w
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Service Provider A company that provides services and subscriptions to
mobile services (phones, mobile broadband, etc.).
SIM card Subscriber Identity Module card – a card that must be
inserted in any GSM-based mobile terminal. 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.
SMS Short Message Service. Allows messages of up to 160
characters to be sent and received via the network
operator's message center to a mobile phone.
TBD To be defined.
TBF Temporary Block Flow.
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
TCP/IPv4 TCP/IP Version 4. Most widely implemented form of
TCP/IP today having a 4 byte address format such as
212.161.127.136.
TE Terminal Equipment. Generic term for GSM terminals
such as phones and Mobile Broadband Modules.
TLS Transport Layer Security. Used, for example, by Web
browsers
Tx Transmit.
UICC UMTS Integrated Circuit Card.
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System. 3G
network technology using WCDMA methods.
USIM UMTS Subscriber Identity Module.
VPN Virtual Private Network.
WAP Wireless Application Protocol. A global standard
specified in order to make Internet services available for
mobile users.
WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access. A modulation
technique using a wide bandwidth (5MHz in the case of
UMTS). All terminals transmit in the entire bandwidth
and the signals from each are differentiated via the use
of unique codes assigned to each transmission.
WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.