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Explore our library of thousands of telecoms terms and acronyms defined for on-the-job reference or learning new material.

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ASN

Autonomous System Number

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ASN.1

Abstract Syntax Notation 1

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ASP

Application Server Process

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Association

Association

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AST

Automatic Spanning Tree

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Asynchronous

Asynchronous

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AT

Authorization Token

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AT

Action Time

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ATB

All Trunks Busy

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ATCF

Access Transfer Control Function

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ATDPCH

Auxiliary Transmit Diversity Pilot Channel

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ATGw

Access Transfer Gateway

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ATI

Any Time Interrogation

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ATIM

Announcement Traffic Indication Message

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ATIS

Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Standards

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ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

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ATM Forum

ATM Forum

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ATSSS

Access Traffic Steering, Switching and Splitting

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Attendant Console

Attendant Console

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Attenuation

Attenuation

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AU

Administrative Unit

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AuC

Authentication Centre

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Audiotex

Audiotex

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AUG

Administrative Unit Group

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