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1. 3G

   International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT--2000), better known as 3G or 3rd Generation, is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunications services fulfilling specifications by the International Telecommunication Union.[1] ...

2. 4G

   4G refers to the fourth generation of cellular wireless standards. It is a successor to 3G and 2G families of standards. The nomenclature of the generations generally refers to a ...

3. ARPU

   ARPU is an acronym for average revenue per user or average revenue per unit. This term is used by telephone carriers. This term has also become widely used in other ...

4. AT&T MicroCell

   AT&T brand for their femtocell and associated service offerings

5. CDMA

   Code division multiple access (CDMA) is a channel access method utilized by various radio communication technologies. It should not be confused with cdmaOne (often referred to as simply "CDMA"), which ...

6. CTIA

   Industry organization and trade show.

7. EV-DO

   Evolution-Data Optimized or Evolution-Data only, abbreviated as EV-DO or EVDO and often EV, is a telecommunications standard for the wireless transmission of data through radio signals, typically for broadband Internet ...

8. femtocell

   In telecommunications, a femtocell—originally known as an Access Point Base Station—is a small cellular base station, typically designed for use in residential or small business environments. It connects to the ...

9. GSM

   Global System for Mobile communications (GSM: originally from Groupe Spécial Mobile) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. Its promoter, the GSM Association, estimates that 82% ...

10. HSPA

    High Speed Packet Access (HSPA)[1] is a amalgamation of two mobile telephony protocols, High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), that extends and improves ...

11. IMS

    The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is an architectural framework for delivering Internet Protocol (IP) multimedia services. It was originally designed by the wireless standards body 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), ...

12. LIPA

    Femtocell Local IP Access (LIPA). Refers to the ability of a mobile device to access the home/office IP network, and by extension the Internet, through the femtocell.

13. LTE

    3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE), is the latest standard in the mobile network technology tree that previously realized the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSxPA network technologies.[1] It is a project of the ...

14. MWC

    The GSMA GSM Association Mobile. WorldCongress is the combination of the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry and a congress featuring prominent Chief Executives representing mobile operators, vendors and ...

15. small cells