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Single Play voice Service including only voice access, not combined with
other multiplay components such as broadband and IPTV
access. Voice service can also be provided by VOPI and
CPS procedures.
SMPF Acronym for Shared Metallic Path Facilities which is
synonymous with Shared Access (ungrouped access).
Triple Play A combined offering of fixed and/or mobile telephony,
Internet and/or TV made by a single operator.
Local loop unbundling or LLU Unbundled access to a local network, in other words, the
possibility that telephone operators have had, since the
telecommunications market was deregulated, to use
existing physical infrastructures built by another operator to
offer its own services to customers, paying a rental to the
operator that is the actual owner of the infrastructure.
VAS Acronym for Value-Added Services; services with added
value provide a greater level of function compared with the
basic transmission services offered on a
telecommunications network for the transfer of information
between terminals. These include switched analogue voice
communications via cable or wireless, a direct digital point
to point network “unrestricted” at 9,600 bits/s; packet
switching (called virtual) service; analogue and direct
broadband transmission of TV signals and extra services,
such as closed user groups; call waiting; reverse charging;
call announcement and identification of the number called.
The value added services provided over a network, from
terminals or specialist centres include exchange services,
messaging (MHS) (which can also be used for commercial
documents in accordance with a predetermined format);
electronic user directories, network and terminal addresses;
e-mail; fax, teletext, videotext and videophone. Value added
services may also include voice telephony value added
services such as free numbers or paid telephone services.
VISP Acronym for Virtual Internet Service provision (sometimes
also called Wholesale ISP). This is selling of Internet
services purchased wholesale from an Internet Service
Provider (ISP) that has the network infrastructure.
VoD Acronym for Video On Demand. It is the supply of television
programs on request by a user for payment of a
subscription or of a sum for each programme (a film, or a
football match) purchased. Broadcast in a special way by
satellite TV and for cable TV.