User's Manual

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GLOSSARY
Term Description
AC adapter Alternating Current adapter
Active call The call currently in conversation
ALS Alternate Line Service (Line 2)
AoC Advice of Charge. Cost of calls made
CB Cell Broadcast. General messages broadcast to GSM
customers
CLI Caller Line Identity. Displays caller’s telephone number
Conversation mode When the phone is making or receiving a call
CUG Closed User Group. Preset group of user phone num-
bers
DTMF Dual tone multifrequency tones or touch tones
FDN Fixed Dialing Number. Outgoing calls restricted to fixed
phone numbers
Forwarding Forwards incoming calls to another number
GPRS General Packet Radio Service. Packet-switched data
transmission in which the wireless phone sends and re-
ceives bursts, or packets, of data. A radio channel is oc-
cupied only for the duration of the data transmission
instead of continuously as in circuit-switched.
GSM Global System for Mobile communications. One of
three American digital cellular phone technologies in
the 1900 MHz band. Allows roaming between North
America and Europe by removing SIM card from Amer-
ican phone and placing in European network’s phone
or vice-versa
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LED Light Emitting Diode
PIN/PIN2 Personal Identification Number. Supplied by your
network/service provider
PUK/PUK2 PIN Unblocking Key. Used to unlock PIN and PIN2.
Supplied by your network/service provider