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Glossary

AMPS
advanced mobile phone system

CDMA
code-division multiple access

CO
central office

CT–2
cordless telephones 2nd generation

DCT–U
digital cordless telephone-United States

DECT
digital European cordless telephone

E–TDMA
Hughes Enhanced TDMA

FRA
fixed-radio access

GSM
global system for mobile communications

ISDN
integrated services digital network

ITU
International Telecommunications Union

NAMPS
narrowband advanced mobile phones system

NMT
Nordic mobile telephone

PACS
personal access communication systems

PCN
personal communication network

PCS
personal communication system

PHS
personal handyphone system

POTS
plain old telephone service

PSTN
public switched telephone network

PTT
post telephone and telegraph

RITL
radio in the loop

TACS
total access communications system

TDMA
time-division multiple access

WLL
wireless local loop

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