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T226 White Paper
July 2003 (Rev C)
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SMS-C
Service Center (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. The T226 uses the small plug-
in card.
SMS
Short Messaging Service. Allows messages of up to
160 characters to be sent and received via the network
operator's message center to a mobile phone.
SS
Supplementary Services.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
TTY
Text Telephony
UMTS
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System. The
telecommunications system, incorporating mobile
cellular and other functionality, that is the subject of
standards produced by 3GPP.
URL
Uniform Resource Locator.
USSD
Unstructured Supplementary Services Data.
VA S
Value Added Service.
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 centers, video
conferences, 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 typically a unit of
interaction with the user, that is, either presentation of
information or request for information from the user. A
collection of cards is called a deck, which usually
constitutes a service.
WAP Application
A collection of WML cards, with the new context
attribute set in the entry card.
WAP service
A WML application residing on a web site.
WBMP
WAP Bitmap.
WBXML
Wireless Binary Extensible Markup Language.
WDP
Wireless Datagram Protocol.
WML
Wireless Markup Language. A markup language used
for authoring services, fulfilling the same purpose as
HyperText Markup Language (HTML) does on the
World Wide Web (WWW). In contrast to HTML,
WML is designed to fit small handheld devices.