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Mobile Phone Glossary of technical terms

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3 G

Third Generation

Bluetooth

Bluetooth wireless technology

Contract

12 month agreement to rent a line in UK.

Dual-Band

E.g. GSM 900 / GSM 1800

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service

GSM

Global System for Mobile Communication

HSCSD

High Speed Circuit Switch Data

MMS

Multimedia Messaging

Offline

Without a subscription line or connection

PDA

Personal Digital Assistant

POP3

Incoming email

SIM

Subscriber Identity Module

SIM Free

Handsets without a line or connection

SMS

Short Message Service

SMTP

Outgoing Email

Tri-band

GSM 900, 1800 and 1900

Un-locked

SIM from other networks can be used

 

WAP

Wireless Application Protocol

 

 

 

 

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