Here is a list of acronyms that you'll see while navigating our website:
ALU – Alcatel-Lucent
ATM – Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ASR – Access Service Request
A2P – Analog to Packet Conversion
BTS – Base Transceiver Station
BSC – Base Station Controller
CDMA – Code Division Multiple Access
CFA – Carrier Facility Assignment
CLEC – Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
CLR – Circuit Layout Record
CO – Central Office
COB – Close of Business
CRM – Customer Relations Management
C2P – Circuit to Packet Conversion
DACS – Digital Access Cross-ConnectSystem
DAHO – Data Assisted Hand Off
DAS – Distributed Antenna Systems
DLR – Design Layout Report
DMS – Digital Multiplex System
DO – Data Only
DS-0 – Digital Signal level Zero (Voice Grade Channel – 64Kbps)
DS-1 – Digital Signal Level One ( 1.544 Mbps)
DS-3 – Digital Signal Level Three (44.736 Mbps)
EBH – Ethernet Backhaul
E911 – Enhanced 911
FOC – Firm Order Commitment
GSM – Global System for Mobile Communications
GUI - Graphical User Interface
HLR – Home Location Register
iDEN – Integrated Dispatched Enhanced Network
IDF – Intermediate Distribution Frame
ILEC – Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier
IMT – Inter Machine Trunks
IPBSCDO – Internet Protocol Base Station Controller Data Only
ISSHO – Inter-System-Soft-Handoff
LEC – Local Exchange Carrier
LTE – Long Term Evolution
MDN – Mobile Dialing Number
MMII – Mobility Management 2
MOP – Method of Procedure
MTSO – Mobile Telephone Switching Office
MSC – Mobile Switching Center
OC-N – Optical Carrier Number
OC-1 – Optical Carrier-level One (51.840 Mbps)
OC-3 – Optical Carrier-level Three (155.52 Mbps)
OC-12 – Optical Carrier-level Twelve (622.08 Mbps)
OC-48 – Optical Carrier-level Forty Eight (2.488 Gbps)
OC-192 – Optical Carrier-level One Hundred Ninety Two (9.953 Gbps)
ODF – Optical Distribution Frame
PBX – Private Branch Exchange
PCS – Personal Communications Service
PM – Project Manager
PMO – Project Management Office
POR – Plan of Record
PSTN – Public Switched Telephone Network
QoS – Quality of Service
RAN – Radio Access Network
RF – Radio Frequency
RFI – Request For Information
RFP – Request For Proposal
RFQ – Request For Quote
SME – Subject Matter Expert
SMR – Site Modification Request
SOW – Scope of Work
SP – System Performance
T-1 – Trunk Level 1 (1.544 Mbps)
T-3 – Trunk Level 3 ( 44.736 Mbps)
UAT – User Acceptance Test
VM – Voice Mail
VoIP – Voice over Internet Protocol
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