TABLE OF CONTENTS | 2G | Second generation; generic name for second generation of digital mobile networks (such as GSM) | |
| 3G | Third generation | |
| 3G-CDMA | Third-generation wireless CDMA | |
| 3GPP | Third-generation Partnership Project | |
| 3GSM | Third-generation GSM | |
| A5 | GSM privacy algorithm | |
| AC | Authentication Center | |
| ACA | Automatic channel assignment | |
| ACK | Acknowledgement | |
| ACTS | Advanced Communication Technology Satellite | |
| ADPCM | Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation | |
| AM (or ASK) | Amplitude Modulation (or Amplitude Shift Keying) | |
| AMPS | Advanced Mobile Phone Service | |
| AP | Access Point | |
| API | Application Programming Interface | |
| APN | Access Point Name | |
| ASP | Application Service Providers | |
| ATDMA | Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing Access | |
| AUC | Authentication Center | |
| BARG | Billing and Accounting Rapporteur Group | |
| BCS | Block Check Sequence | |
| BER | Bit Error Rate | |
| BG | Border gateway | |
| BGP | Border Gateway Protocol | |
| bps | Bits per second | |
| BSC | Base Station Controller | |
| BSS | Base Station Subsystems | |
| BSSGP | BSS GPRS Protocol | |
| BSSMAP | Base Station System Mobile Application Part | |
| BST | Base Station Transceiver | |
| BTS | Base Transceiver Station | |
| CAGR | Compound Annual Growth Rate | |
| CAMEL | Customized application of mobile enhanced logic | |
| CAP | Competitive Access Provider | |
| CBC-IF | Cell Broadcast Center Interface | |
| CBS | Cell broadcast short message service | |
| CC | Control channel | |
| CCA | Clear Channel Assessment | |
| CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access | |
| CDPD | Cellular Digital Packet Data | |
| CEIR | Central Equipment Identity Register | |
| CEPT | Conference of European Posts and Telecommunications | |
| CMRS | Commercial Radio Service | |
| CO | Central Office |
