List of acronyms and abbreviations


Annex I - List of acronyms and abbreviations

ACS

Analytical accounting system

BMA

Building material analysis

BWA

Broadband wireless access

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

CLSU

Net costs incurred in providing universal service

CSU

Collective spectrum use

DCS 1800

1800 MHz digital cellular system

DD

ICP-ANACOM draft decision

DSLAM

Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer

DTT

Digital terrestrial television

DVB-H

Digital video broadcasting - handheld

ERMES

European Radio Messaging System

FTS

Telephone Service at a fixed location

FWA

Fixed radio access

GHz

Gigahertz (unit of frequency equal to one thousand million Hertz)

GPR/WPR

Ground and wall probing radar

GSM

Global system for mobile communications

GSM-R

GSM-Railway

GI

Overall indicator of quality of service

GIP

Geographical interconnection point

IP

Internet Protocol

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

ISP

Internet access service provider

ITED

Telecommunications infrastructure in buildings

ITS

Intelligent Transport Systems

Kbps

Kilobit per second (thousands of bits per second)

LEC

Law on Electronic Communications (Law no 5/2004of 10 February)

LLU

Local loop unbundling offer

LLRO

Leased lines reference offer

Mbps

Megabit per second (millions of bits per second)

MCA

Mobile Communications on aircraft

MCV

Mobile Communications on Vessels

MHz

Megahertz (unit of frequency equal to one million Hertz)

MMS

Multimedia messaging service

MSS

Mobile satellite services

MVNO

Virtual mobile network operator

Naked DSL

Wholesale offer of naked digital subscriber line

NFAP

National Frequency Allocation Plan

NGN

Next generation networks

NGA

Next generation access networks

NNP

National numbering plan

NRA

National regulatory authority

ORLA

Subscriber line resale offer

OSP

Other service providers

Price Convention

Universal Postal Service Price Convention

PPP

Purchasing power parity

QSI

Quality of service indicators

Quality Convention

Universal Postal Service Quality Convention

RCAO

Reference Conduit Access Offer

RUO

Reference Offer for Local Loop Unbundling

RIO

Reference Interconnection Offer

R&TTE

Radio and telecommunications terminal equipment

SMP

Significant market power

SGITED

Management System for telecommunications infrastructure in buildings

SMRP

Mobile service with shared resources

SRR

Short range radar

TMDP

Municipal Fee for Rights of Way

TTE

Transport, Telecommunications and Energy

UMTS

Universal mobile telecommunications system

UNEX

Unipost external monitoring system

US

Universal service

USP

Universal service provider

UWB

Ultra-wide band technologies  

VoIP

Voice over Internet Protocol

WAPECS

Wireless Access Policy for Electronic Communications

WG

Working Group

WRC-07

World Radiocommunication Conference 2007