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from an exchange (MDF -Main Distribution Fra-
me) in an operators telephone room and arrives
at the users premises (individual or corporate).
Connections can be Full or Shared. A Full type
connection enables the use of the data service
(broadband) in addition to voice traffic. A Shared
kind of connection only enables the use of the
data service (broadband). In a “shared access”
service, the LLU operator (in disparate access)
provides the ADSL services to the end user, whilst
the incumbent operator provides the analogue
telephony service using the same access line.
MSAN
Acronym for Multi-Service Access Node, a pla-
tform able to carry on an IP network a combina-
tion of traditional services and that supports a va-
riety of access technologies such as for example
a traditional telephone line (POTS), and ADSL2+
line, a symmetric SHDSL line, VDSL and VDSL2
over a copper or fibre-optic network.
MVNO
Acronym for Mobile Virtual Network Operators: A
party that offers mobile telecommunications ser-
vices to the public, using its own mobile network
interconnection structures, its own HLR, its own
mobile phone network code MNC, Mobile Net-
work Code), its own customer handling (marke-
ting, invoicing and support) and issuing its own
SIM cards, but does not has assigned frequen-
cies and takes advantage, for access, of agree-
ments negotiated or regulated via one or more
licensed mobile network operators.
N
Narrowband
System for connecting to data networks, for
example the Internet, by means of a telephone
call. In this kind of connection all the bandwidth
used for the means of transmission is used as a
single channel. One single signal occupies all the
available bandwidth. The bandwidth of a com-
munications channel identifies the maximum
quantity of data that can be carried by means of
transmission of the unit over time. The capacity
of a communication channel is limited by the fre-
quency interval that the equipment can sustain
and by the distance to be travelled. An example
of a Narrowband connection is the common mo-
dem narrowband connection at 56 kbps.
O
OLO
Acronym for Other Licensed Operators, operators
other than the dominant one that operate in a
national telecommunications services market.
Opex
Acronym for Operating Expenses which are di-
rect and indirect costs that are recoded in the
income statement.
P
Pay-Per-View
System by which a spectator pays to view a single
programme (such as a sporting event or a film or
concert) at the time it is transmitted or broadcast.
Pay TV
TV channels on payment. To receive Pay TV or
Pay-Per-view, you have to connect a decoder and
have an access system subject to conditions.
Platform
It is the total of the inputs, including hardware,
software and equipment for running and the pro-
cedures for production (production platform) or