| ASP |
Association of Service Providers |
| BPA |
British Ports Association |
| BREMA |
British Radio and Electronic Manufacturers’
Association |
| CAA |
Civil Aviation Authority |
| CAI |
Common Air Interface |
| CB |
Citizens Band Radio |
| CBS |
Common Base Station |
| CCIR |
International Radio Consultative Committee |
| CEPT |
European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications
Administrations |
| CPP |
Calling Party Pays |
| CTCSS |
Continuous Tone Controlled Signalling System |
| CTV |
Colour TV |
| DAB |
Digital audio Broadcast |
| DCT |
Digital Cable Television |
| DECT |
Digital European Cordless Telephone |
| DST |
Digital Satellite Television |
| DTH |
Direct to the Home Satellite Broadcasts |
| DTT |
Digital Terrestrial Television |
| ENG |
Electronic News Gathering |
| EPPA |
European Public Paging Association |
| ERMES |
European Radio Messaging Service |
| ERO |
European Radiocommunications Office |
| ETSI |
European Telecommunications Standardisation Institute |
| EU |
European Union |
| FPLMTS |
Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunications Services |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GSM |
Global System for Mobile communications |
| IPR |
Intellectual Property Rights |
| ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
| ITC |
Independent Television Commission |
| ITU |
International Telecommunications Union |
| JCMT |
James Clark Maxwell Telescope |
| JFMG |
Joint Frequency Management Group |
| JRC |
Joint Radio Committee |
| LPRA |
Low Power Radio Association |
| LPRD |
Low power radio device |
| MoD |
Ministry of Defence |
| MRUA |
Mobile Radio Users Association |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NATS |
National Air Traffic Service |
| NMT |
Nordic Mobile Telephone |
| OB |
Outside Broadcasting |
| OSCA |
On-site Communications Association |
| PAMR |
Public Access Mobile Radio |
| PBR |
Private Business Radio |
| PCN |
Personal Communications Network |
| PCS |
Personal Communications Service |
| PHS |
Personal Handiphone System |
| PMR |
Private Mobile Radio |
| PSTN |
Public Switched Telephone Network |
| PTO |
Public Telecommunications Operator |
| RSGB |
Radio Society of Great Britain |
| SERC |
Science and Engineering Research Council |
| SAB |
Services Ancillary to Broadcasting |
| SAP |
Services Ancillary to Programme making and Special Events |
| SDI |
Strategic Defence Initiative |
| SFN |
Single Frequency Network |
| SMOs |
Spectrum Management Organisations |
| SMS |
Short Messaging Service |
| SRBR |
Short range Business Radio |
| STB |
Set Top Box |
| TAC |
Telecommunications Advisory Committee |
| TACS |
Total Access Communications System |
| TDD |
Time Division Duplex |
| TFTS |
Terrestrial Flight Telephone System |
| VSAT |
Very Small Aperture Terminal |
| WBDT |
Wide Band Digital Transmission |
