2G

second generation (mobile technology)

3G

third generation (mobile technology)

3GPP

Third Generation Partnership Project

AAA

authorisation, authentication and accounting

AAL

ATM adaptation layer

AAR

allocating access router

ACELP

adaptive code excited linear prediction

ADSL

asymmetric digital subscriber line

AMLCD

active matrix liquid crystal display

AMR

adaptive multi-rate

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

API

application programming interface

AR

access router

ARIB

Association of Radio Industries and Businesses

ARPU

average revenue per user

AS

application server

ASP

application service provision

ATM

asynchronous transfer mode

AVL

automatic vehicle location

BAFO

best and final offer

BBM

break before make

BCSM

basic call state machine

BS

base-station

BSC

base-station controller

BSS

base-station subsystem

BU

binding update

BUAck

binding update acknowledgement

CAMEL

customised applications for mobile network enhanced logic

CAP

CAMEL application part

CC/PP

composite capabilities/preference profiles

CCoA

collocated care of address

CDMA

code division multiple access

CGI

common gateway interface

cHTML

compact HTML

CIDR

classless Internet domain routeing

CLDC

connected, limited device configuration

CN

correspondent node

CoA

care of address

Codec

coder/decoder

COO

cell of origin

COPS

common open policy service

CoR/FA

care of router/foreign agent

CORBA

Common Object Request Broker Architecture

CPA

Child Protection Agency

CPL

call processing language

CPS

Crown Prosecution Service

CRCoA

collocated roaming care of address

CS

circuit-switched

CSCF

call state control function

CSD

circuit-switched data

CWTS

Chinese Wireless Telecommunication Standard

DAG

directed acyclic graph

DAMPS

digital advanced mobile phone system

DECT

digital enhanced cordless telecommunications

DHCP

dynamic host configuration protocol

DID

destination ID

DMO

direct mode operation

DNS

domain...