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Incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC)

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The historic local phone service provider in a market, often a former Bell company. Distinct from competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), new market entrants.

Industrial telecommunications association (ITA)

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A Washington, D.C. trade group serving private wireless licensees such as airlines and oil companies.

Infrared data association (IRDA)

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A membership organisation founded in 1993 and dedicated to developing standards for wireless, infrared transmission systems between computers. With IrDA ports, a laptop or PDA can exchange data with ...

Integrated circuit card id (ICCID)

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

19 or 20-digit serial number of the SIM card.

Integrated digital enhanced network (IDEN)

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

A wireless communications technology from Motorola that provides support for voice, data, short messages (SMS) and dispatch radio (two-way radio) in one phone. Operating in the 800MHz and 1.5GHz ...

Intelligent roaming database (IRDB)

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

A list of acceptable and unacceptable networks for a phone to roam with stored either on a SIM card or in the phone.

Interactive messaging

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Short Message Service that allows users to send alphanumeric messages from their wireless handset to other wireless handsets or to email addresses. Interactive Messaging also allows the user to ...