|
3G |
Third
Generation Mobile |
|
3G/IMT-2000 |
3G International
Mobile Telephone Standard 2000 |
|
ADSL |
Asymmetric
Digital Subscriber Line |
|
ATU |
African
Telecommunications Union |
|
BBC |
British
Broadcasting Corporation |
|
BFWA |
Broadband
Fixed Wireless Access |
|
BMEA |
British
Marine Electronics Association |
|
BRAN |
Broadband
Access Network |
|
C band |
Frequency
band between about 4 and 6 GHz |
|
CAA |
Civil
Aviation Authority |
|
CENELEC |
European
Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation |
|
CEPT |
European
Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations |
|
CISPR |
Committee
for Standards of Protection of Spectrum |
|
CITEL |
Inter-American
Telecommunication Commission |
|
CMS |
Customer
Management System |
|
COST |
Co-operation
on Science and Technology (an EU programme) |
|
CPG |
Conference
Preparatory Group of the CEPT |
|
CSREN |
Civil
Service Racial Equality Network |
|
DCMS |
Department
for Culture Media and Sport |
|
DECT |
Digital
European Cordless Telecommunication system. ERC Decision ERC/DEC/(94)
03 refers |
|
DSL |
Digital
Subscriber Line technology |
|
DTI |
Department
of Trade and Industry |
|
DTT |
Digital
terrestrial television |
|
ECC |
Electronic
Communications Committee |
|
ECTRA |
European
Committee for Telecommunications Regulatory Affairs |
|
EDGE |
Enhanced
Data Rates for GSM Evolution |
|
E-GSM |
Extended
GSM |
|
EMC |
Electromagnetic
Compatibility |
|
EPIRBs |
Emergency
Position Indicating Radio Beacons |
|
ERC |
European
Radiocommunications Committee |
|
EU |
European
Union |
|
FM |
Frequency
modulation |
|
FWA |
Fixed
Wireless Access |
|
GPRS |
General
Packet Radio Service |
|
GSM |
Global
System for Mobile communications |
|
HF |
High
Frequency (3 to 30 MHz) |
|
HR |
Human
Resources |
|
IAR |
Information
Asset Register |
|
ICNIRP |
International
Commission on Non-ionising Radiation Protection |
|
IiP |
Investors
in People |
|
ISS |
Information
Systems Strategy |
|
ITC |
Independent
Television Commission |
|
ITU |
International
Telecommunication Union |
|
JFMG |
Joint
Frequency Management Group |
|
Ku band |
Part
of the frequency band between about 11 and 14 GHz |
|
L band |
Frequency
band around 1.5 GHz |
|
MASTS |
Mobile
Assignment Technical System |
|
MSC |
Mobile
Services Committee |
|
MF |
Medium
Frequency (300 to 3000 kHz) |
|
OATS |
Open
area test site |
|
OFCOM |
Office
of Communications |
|
OGC |
Office
of Government Commerce |
|
PAMR |
Public
Access Mobile Radio |
|
PBR |
Private
Business Radio |
|
PMR |
Private
Mobile Radio. Now known in the UK as PBR (see above) |
|
PMSE |
Programme
Making and Special Events |
|
PP02 |
Plenipotentiary
Conference 2002 |
|
RAST |
Radio
Standardisation |
|
REAG |
Racial
Equality Action Group |
|
RMDF |
Remote
monitoring and direction finding system |
|
RRAC |
Radio
Research Advisory Committee |
|
RSI |
Radio
Spectrum International |
|
R&TTED |
Radio
and Telecommunication Terminal Equipment Directive |
|
SAN |
Storage
area network |
|
SES |
Satellite
Earth Stations |
|
SI |
Statutory
Instrument |
|
SMAG |
Spectrum
Management Advisory Group |
|
SQM |
Spectrum
Quality Management |
|
TAPS |
Tetra
advanced packet service |
|
TEDS |
Tetra
enhanced data service |
|
TETRA |
Trans
European Trunked Radio |
|
UHF |
Ultra
High Frequency (300 to 3000 MHz) |
|
UKAS |
UK Accreditation
Service |
|
UMS |
Unattended
Monitoring System |
|
UMTS |
Universal
Mobile Telecommunications System |
|
UWB |
Ultra
Wide Band |
|
VHF |
Very
High Frequency (30 to 300 MHz) |
|
WGRR |
Radio
Regulatory Working Group (of ECC) |
|
WLANS |
Wireless
local area networks |
|
WRC |
World
Radiocommunication Conference |
|
WSIS |
World
Summit on the Information Society |
