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Base transceiver station (BTS)

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The name for the antenna and radio equipment necessary to provide wireless service in an area. Also called a base station or cell site.

Basic trading area (BTA)

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A geographic region defined by a group of counties that surround a city, which is the area's basic trading center. The boundaries of each BTA were formulated by Rand McNally & Co. and are used by the ...

Bent pipe technology

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Satellite technology to transmit calls from one point on Earth to a satellite and back down to another point.

Bluetooth

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Wireless personal area network (PAN) standard that enables data connexions between electronic devices such as desktop computers, wireless phones, electronic organisers and printers in the 2.4 GHz ...

Broadband

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Describes a communications medium capable of transmitting a relatively large amount of data over a given period of time. A descriptive term for evolving digital technologies that offers integrated ...

Broadband pcs

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Personal communications services created in the A- through F-Block auctions and used for voice and data. Broadband PCS is allocated 140 MHz of spectrum with 20 MHz currently unassigned. Frequency ...

Bundling

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Grouping various telecommunications services -- wireline and/or wireless -- as a package to increase the appeal to potential customers and reduce advertising, marketing and other expenses associated ...