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Phone book A memory in your mobile phone or SIM card where phone numbers
can be stored and accessed by name or position.
PIM Personal Information Management.
SC Service Centre (for SMS).
Service Provider A company that provides services and subscriptions to mobile phone
users.
SI Service Indication.
SL Service Loading.
SIM card Subscriber Identity Module card – a card that must be inserted in any
GSM-based mobile phone. It contains subscriber details, security
information and memory for a personal directory of numbers. The card
can be a small plug-in type or credit card-sized but both types have the
same functions. Your phone uses the small plug-in card.
SIR Serial Infrared.
SMS Short Message Service. Allows messages of up to 160 characters to be
sent and received via the network operator's message centre to your
mobile phone. Messages are stored if the phone is off or out of reach
ensuring that they reach you. To use this service, it must be supported
by your network.
SS Supplementary Services.
SWIM card A SIM card with a WIM module.
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
TE Terminal Equipment.
TLS Transport Layer Security.
Triple Band
GSM 900/1800/1900 Your phone is a triple band phone, which means that you can use your
phone on three different kinds of networks – the GSM 900 and the
GSM 1800 and GSM 1900 systems (also called PCN or DCS 1800)
systems.
URL Uniform Resource Locator.
USSD Unstructured Supplementary Services Data.
VAD Voice Activated Dialling.
VAS Value Added Service.
vCalendar vCalendar defines a transport and platform-independent format for
exchanging calendar and scheduling information for use in PIMs/
PDAs and group schedulers. vCalendar is specified by IETF.
vCard vCard automates the exchange of personal information typically found
on a traditional business card, for use in applications such as internet
mail, voice mail, Web browsers, telephony applications, call centres,
video conferencing, PIMs /PDAs, pagers, fax, office equipment, and
smart cards. vCard is specified by IETF.
WAE Wireless Application Environment.
WAP Wireless Application Protocol. Handheld devices, low bandwidth,
binary coded, a deck/card metaphor to specify a service. A card is typi-
cally a unit of interaction with the user, that is, either presentation of
information or request for information from the user. A collection of