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uses Motorola’s VSELP (Vector Sum Excited Linear Predictors) vocoder for voice compression and QAM modulation
to deliver 64 Kbps over a 25 kHz channel. Each 25 kHz channel can be divided six times to transmit any mix of voice,
data, dispatch or text message. Used by various carriers around the globe, Nextel Communications provides nationwide
covera
g
e in the U.S.
IM
Instant Messaging. A medium which enables two or more people to communicate in real time utilizing typed text over
an electronic network.
IP Intellectual Pro
p
ert
y
. Intan
g
ible
p
ro
p
ert
y
that is the result of creativit
y
(such as
p
atents or trademarks or co
py
ri
g
hts).
IPSec
Internet Protocol Security. Allows for the securing of IP communications by authenticating and encrypting IP packet o
f
a communication exchan
g
e from host-to-host.
ISP
Internet Service Provider. A business that supplies Internet connectivity services to individuals, businesses and other
or
g
anizations.
ITC Income Tax Credit.
Java
An object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. Java was designed to be secure and
platform-neutral such that it can be run on any type of platform, making Java a useful language for programming
Internet a
pp
lications.
LT
E
Lon
g
Term Evolution is a wireless communication standard of hi
g
h-s
p
eed data for smart
p
hones and data terminals
MVS
Mobile Voice Service. BlackBerry MVS converges office desk phones and BlackBerry® smartphones, extending the
same mobility advantages the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution provides for wireless email and data to voice
communications.
NFC
Near Field Communication. Technology that allows smartphones and similar devices to link together through radio
communication, when ta
pp
in
g
them to
g
ether, or brin
g
in
g
them into close
p
roximit
y
.
NOC
Network Operations Centre. A central location for network management. It functions as a control centre for network
monitorin
g
, anal
y
sis and accountin
g
.
PBX
Private Branch Exchange. A private telephone network used within an enterprise. Users share a fixed number of
outside lines instead of being provided with one outside line for each individual user. This allows for use of extensions
as o
pp
osed to direct dial numbers.
PDA Personal di
g
ital assistant. A hand held
p
ortable microcom
p
uter.
PIM Personal Information Management.
Packet-
Switched
Network
A network in which the data to be transmitted is divided into standard-sized packets, each of which is given the
receiver’s address. Each of the packets that make up the transmission travels separately; packets do not have to travel
in sequence or by the same paths. When all the packets have arrived at their destination, the receiver reassembles them
into the ori
g
inal messa
g
e.
Prosumer
Prosumer refers to ‘professional consumers’. The prosumer is typically looking to purchase and use professional-level
e
q
ui
p
ment for both their business and
p
ersonal lives.
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