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60
8 Glossary
Shared
access
Technique for shared access to a local network in which a
former monopoly operator rents part of the capacity to other
operators: in that portion of the bandwidth the operator can
provide Broadband services, whilst the former monopoly
operator on the portion of the bandwidth not hired out,
continues to provide telephony services.
ADSL Acronym for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, (the
available bandwidth in reception is greater than that
available for transmission) to enable internet access at high
speed.
ADSL2+ An ADSL technology that extends the ADSL base capacity
by doubling the download bit flow. The bandwidth can reach
24 Mbps in download and 1.5 Mbps in upload and depends
on the distance between the DSLAM and the customer’s
location.
Uncovered Areas Also called “indirect access areas” to identify the geographic
areas which are not directly served by the network owned
by Tiscali (see also Bitstream and Wholesale).
ARPU Average returns for fixed and mobile telephony for the user
calculated over a given period for an average number of
active (for other operators) or Tiscali Group customers in
the same period.
Bitstream Bitstream (or digital flow) services: service consisting of the
supply by an operator of access to the fixed public
telephone network of the transmission capacity between an
end user workstation and the point of presence of an
operator or an ISP that wants to provide broadband services
to the end user.
Broadband Data transmission system in which lots of data is sent
simultaneously to increase the actual speed of transmission
with a data flow equal to or greater than 1.5 Mbps.
Broadcast Simultaneous transmission of information to all nodes on a
network.
Unique browsers Number of different browsers that, in a specific time span,
can visit a site one or more times.
Access fee This is the amount debited by national operators for each
minute of use of their network by the operators of other
networks. This is also called the “interconnection fee”.
Capex Acronym for Capital Expenditure. Identifies the outgoing
cash flows generated by the investments in an operating
structure.