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Multimedia card (MMC)

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

A memory card that uses flash memory to make storage portable among various devices, for example in some mobile phones, PDAs, digital cameras, music players, video cameras, and personal computers. ...

Multimedia message (MM)

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

A message that can contain text, an image or video clip, and/or a sound clip. Users can choose from preset or received pictures, or can create their own. Multimedia messages can be sent and received ...

Multimedia messaging service (MMS)

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

A messaging service that combines conventional text messages with other content types, such as photographs, images, sound clips, and video clips. The multimedia messaging service is used with ...

Network

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

An infrastructure enabling the transmission of wireless signals, which consists of series of points or nodes interconnected by communication paths.

Operating frequency

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

The frequency at which a circuit or device is operated. Operating frequency is also used to note a general location on the radio frequency spectrum, such as 800 MHz, 900 MHz, or 1900 MHz.

Over-the-air technology (OTA)

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

A technology that enables the operator to transfer data over the air to terminals and remote sites. OTA technology can be used, for example, to update the contents of data fields in the SIM card or ...

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