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A/b switch

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

A feature found on cellular telephones permitting the user (when roaming away from home) to select either the "A" (non-wireline) carrier or the "B" (wireline) carrier.

1.5-way paging

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

Refers to guaranteed message receipt or advanced messaging, ensuring subscribers to receive messages sent when they're out of range, but users cannot send text pages. Two-way paging allows users to ...

1.7-way paging

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

A paging service that offers more than guaranteed messaging but not as much as full two-way paging. The subscriber has limited response messaging, such as canned messages, rather than the ability to ...

1g

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

First generation of mobile wireless that utilises analogue air interface technology.

2.5g

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

Interim step building up to 3G involving overlay of higher-capacity data transmission capability to existing 2G digital wireless networks.

Antenna

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

A wire or set of wires used to send and receive radio waves.

Application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

An integrated circuit tailored for a particular piece of electronic equipment.

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