ADSL |
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
NRA |
National Regulatory Authority |
ATV |
Amateur Television |
B-on |
Online Knowledge Library |
BWA |
Broadband wireless access |
CAL |
Calibration área |
CIIP |
Critical Information Infrastructure Protection |
CIS |
Centralised information system |
CLSU |
Custos líquidos decorrentes da prestação do serviço universal (Net costs of universal service provision) |
CPI |
Consumer price index |
DMP |
Domain management policy |
DSL |
Digital subscriber line |
DSLAM |
Digital subscriber line access multiplexer |
DTH |
Direct-to-home (satellite reception) |
DTT |
Digital terrestrial television |
DUF |
Direitos de Utilização de Frequências (Rights of use of frequencies) |
DVB-H |
Digital video broadcasting - Handheld |
EFIS |
Frequency information system |
EMC |
Electromagnetic compatibility |
ENG |
Eletronic news gathering |
ENUM |
Electronic numbering |
FAQ |
Frequently asked questions |
FBB |
Fixed broadband |
FDC |
Fully distributed costs |
FTS |
Telephone service at a fixed location |
FTTH |
Fibre to the home |
FWA |
Fixed wireless access |
GAM-TD |
Digital Television monitoring Group |
GHz |
Gigahertz |
GI |
Global indicator of quality of service |
GMDSS |
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System |
GSM |
Global System for Mobile Communications |
HD |
High definition |
HF |
High frequency |
IAS |
Internet access service |
ICT |
Information and communication technologies |
IP |
Internet Protocol |
IS |
Information System |
ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
ISP |
Internet access service provider |
ITED |
Infraestruturas de telecomunicações em edifícios (Telecommunications infrastructure in buildings) |
ITUR |
Infraestruturas de telecomunicações em loteamentos, urbanizações e conjuntos de edifícios (Telecommunications Infrastructure in Housing Developments, Urban Settlements and Concentrations of Buildings) |
Kbps |
Thousands of bits per second |
LCE |
Lei das comunicações eletrónicas (Electronic communications law) |
LLRO |
Leased lines reference offer |
LLU |
Local loop unbundling offer |
LPR |
Industrial level probing radars |
LMS |
Land mobile service |
LRIC |
Long run incremental costs |
LRIT |
Long Range Identification and Tracking of Ships |
LSF |
Ligações Simplex à Rede Fixa (Simple fixed network connections) |
LTE |
Long term evolution |
MBB |
Mobile Broadband |
Mbps |
Millions of bits per second |
MCA |
Mobile Communications onboard Aircraft |
MCE |
Monitorização e controlo do espectro (Monitoring and control of the spectrum) |
MCV |
Mobile Communications onboard vessels |
MDF |
Main Distribution Frames |
MHz |
Megahertz |
MMDS |
Multipoint Microwave Distribution System |
MMS |
Maritime Mobile Service |
MSS |
Mobile satellite service |
MTR |
Mobile termination rates |
MTS |
Mobile telephone service |
MVNO |
Virtual mobile network operator |
NGA |
Next generation access networks |
NRA |
National Regulatory Authorities |
NGN |
Next generation networks |
NTFA |
National Table of Frequency Allocations (Frequency information website) |
OTT |
Over the top |
OSP |
Other service providers |
PDM |
Plano Diretor Municipal (Municipal Director Plan) |
PLC |
Power Line Communication |
PNN |
Plano nacional de numeração (National numbering plan) |
PPP |
Purchasing Power Parity |
QoS |
Quality of service |
QSI |
Quality of service indicators |
QSP |
Quality of service parameter |
R&TTE |
Radio and telecommunications terminal equipment |
RAD |
Radio Testing Area |
RDAO |
Reference Duct Access Offer |
RELLO |
Reference Ethernet Leased Lines Offer |
RIO |
Reference Interconnection Offer |
RPAO |
Reference Poles Access Offer |
RQS |
Regulamento sobre qualidade de serviço (Quality of service regulation) |
RTIC |
DGC Rede Telemática de Informação Comum (Telematic network of common information) |
RUO |
Reference Unbundling Offer |
SCA |
Sistema de contabilidade analítica (Analytical accounting system) |
SCEN |
Segurança nas comunicações eletrónicas nacionais (Security in national electronic communications) |
SME |
Small and medium-sized enterprises |
SMP |
Significant Market Power |
SMRP |
Serviço móvel com recursos partilhados (Mobile trunking service) |
SMS |
Short Message Service |
SNG |
Satellite news gathering |
SNG |
Serviço de números não geográficos (Non-geographic numbers service) |
SPAM |
Unsolicited communications |
SPD |
Sentido provável de decisão (Draft decision) |
STV |
Subscription Television |
STVS |
Subscription television service |
TMDP |
Taxa Municipal de Direitos de Passagem (Municipal Fee for Rights of Way) |
UMTS |
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (3rd generation) |
US |
Universal service |
USP |
Universal service provider |
VAS |
Value added service |
VAT |
Value added tax |
VoIP |
Voice over Internet Protocol |
WACC |
Weighted average cost of capital |
WAPECS |
Wireless Access Policy for Electronic Communications Services |
WG |
Working Group |
WLRO |
Wholesale Line Rental Offer |