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Glossary

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

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Glossary Results

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CGI

Cell Global Identity

Channel Coding

Channel Coding

Chargeable Event

Chargeable Event

Chirping

Chirping

Circuit Switching

Circuit Switching

Closest Match Routing

Closest Match Routing

CNG tone

CNG tone

Community Strings

Community Strings

Companding

Companding

Configuration Change Indicator

Configuration Change Indicator

Coverage area

Coverage area

CPG

Call Progress

CSG

Closed Subscriber Group

CUG

Closed User Group

CUG Index

Closed User Group Index

Designated Access Mode

Designated Access Mode

Digital Certificate

Digital Certificate

Digital Signature

Digital Signature

E-AGCH

DCH Absolute Grant Channel

E-RGCH

DCH Relative Grant Channel

EC-AGCH

Extended Coverage - Access Grant Channel

EC-GSM-IoT

Enhanced Coverage - GSM - Internet of Things

ECGI

E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier

EDGE

Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution

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