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ALI

Automatic Location Identification

AM

Acknowledged Mode

AM/PM

Amplitude Modulation to Phase Modulation conversion

AM_ADDR

Active Member Address

Ambient Noise

Ambient Noise

AMBR

Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate

AMC

Adaptive Modulation and Coding

AMD

Acknowledged Mode Data

AMF

Authentication Management Field

AMF

Access and Mobility Management Function

AMIS

Audio Messaging Interchange Specification

Amplifier

Amplifier

AMPS

Advanced Mobile Phone Service

AMR

Adaptive Multi Rate

AMR-WB

AMR Wideband

Analogue signal

Analogue signal

Analogue transmission

Analogue transmission

ANDSF

Access Network Discovery and Selection Function

ANF

Assigned Number Field

ANI

Automatic Number Identification

ANM

Answer Message

ANR

Automatic Neighbour Relation

ANS

Answer Message

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

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