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rIFRS: International Financial Reporting Standards
rIP: internet protocol – a packet-based protocol for delivering data – including voice and video – across networks
rIPO: initial public offering – the first issue of shares when launching a company onto the stock market
rIPVPN: internet protocol virtual private network
rISDN: integrated services digital network – an all digital network that enables a host of services to be carried together on the
same circuits. It makes it possible for any two compatible pieces of connected equipment to talk to each other.
rISO 9001: the international quality management standard
rISP: internet service provider
rLAN: local area network – a network that operates within a limited geographical area, such as in a building. It connects a variety
of data devices, such as PCs, servers and printers at a very high data rate.
rmanaged solutions: where BT has complete responsibility for end-to-end design, implementation and control of managing and
monitoring customer networks and services
rMb: megabits (per second)
rMPLS: multi-protocol label switching – supports the rapid transmission of data across network routers, enabling modern networks
to achieve high quality of service
rMVNO: mobile virtual network operator. A mobile operator does not own its own spectrum, and usually does not have its own
network infrastructure. Instead, MVNOs have business arrangements with traditional mobile operators to buy minutes of use for
sale to their own customers.
rN3: the national broadband network that BT is building for the NHS
rnarrowband: non-broadband, fixed access network or line
rnew wave: a collective name for networked IT, broadband and mobility products and services, to differentiate them from
traditional voice services
rOfcom: the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across
television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services
rOne IT: a collective name for all of the IT resource within the BT group
rOpenreach: Openreach looks after the ‘first mile’ of network, from the exchange through to homes and businesses. Its role is to
provide services to all communications providers – including other BT lines of business – on a fair, equal and open basis.
rPSTN: public switched telephone network
rQueen’s Award for Enterprise: the UK’s most prestigious award for business performance
rre-usable capabilities: a set of re-usable components for use in product and service development. Instead of creating new
systems, and deploying new hardware/software to build a product, product managers, network and systems designers will
increasingly pick from a catalogue of common capabilities.
rRoute2Learn (R2L): BT’s learning management system
rSME: small or medium enterprise
rSMP: significant market power
rSTM: synchronous transfer mode
rUndertakings: a series of legally-binding commitments BT made to Ofcom, designed to bring greater transparency and certainty
to the regulation of the telecommunications industry in the UK. They led to the formation of Openreach.
rUK GAAP: United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
rUS GAAP: United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
rUSO: universal service obligation
rVoIP: voice over internet protocol – a method of transporting speech over the internet
rVPN: virtual private network – a voice and/or data network which offers the features and characteristics of a private network but
is in fact configured this way from a part of the public network or the internet
rWAN: wide area network – a network spread over a large geographical area
rWi-Fi: wireless networking – the ability to connect to a network or a PC using radio as opposed to a physical (cabling) connection
rwireless cities: an initial group of 12 cities with networks set up by BT providing wire-free, high-speed broadband coverage
which can be used for easy access to information and services in city centre locations and offer a range of new services for
consumers, businesses and local authority workers
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