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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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Smart card

Smart card

SMDS

Switched Multi megabit Data Service

SME

Short Message Entity

SMF

Service Management Function

SMF

Session Management Function

SMG

Special Mobile Group

SMH

Signalling Message Handling

SMLC

Serving Mobile Location Centre

SMP

Service Management Point

SMpSDU

Support Mode for predefined SDU size

SMS

Short Message Service (GSM)

SMS

Short Message Service (Generic)

SMSC

Short Message Service Centre

SMSF

Short Message Service Function

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SN

Subscriber Number

SN

Service Node

SNAP

Sub Network Access Protocol

SNDCP

Sub Network Dependent Convergence Protocol

Sniff Mode

Sniff Mode

SNM

Signalling Network Management

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SNPN

Standalone Non-Public Networks

SNR

Serial Number

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