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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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Multi mode UE

Multi mode UE

Multicast

Multicast

Multiframe

Multiframe

Multimode Fibre

Multimode Fibre

Multipath

Multipath

Multiplex Option

Multiplex Option

Multiplex Sublayer

Multiplex Sublayer

Multiplexer

Multiplexer

Multiplexing

Multiplexing

Network Slicing

Network Slicing

NLOS

Non Line of Sight

Null Modem

Null Modem

Null Traffic Channel Data

Null Traffic Channel Data

OFTEL

Office of Telecommunications

OLT

Optical Line Termination

Optical Budget

Optical Budget

OSI Reference Model

OSI Reference Model

Out of Band Signalling

Out of Band Signalling

Overlay Network

Overlay Network

PACA Call

Priority Access and Channel Assignment Call

Packet Filtering

Packet Filtering

Packet Idle Mode

Packet Idle Mode

Path Loss

Path Loss

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