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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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S-NSSAI

Single - Network Slice Selection Assistance Information

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S-RNTI

Serving RNC Radio Network Temporary Identifier

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S-SCH

Secondary Synchronised Channel

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S-TMSI

Serving Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity

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S/MIME

Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

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S/P

Supplementary/Polling

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S1AP

S1 Application Protocol

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SA

Service Area

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SA

Security Association

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SA NR

Standalone New Radio

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SAAL

ATM Adaptation Layer for Signalling

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SABM

Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode

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SAC

Service Area Code

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SACCH

Slow Associated Control Channel

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SACK

Selective Acknowledgement

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SAE

System Architecture Evolution

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SAI

Service Area Identifier

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SAM

ubsequent Address Message

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Sampling rate

Sampling rate

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SAP

Session Announcement Protocol

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SAP

Service Access Point

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SAPI

Service Access Point Identifier

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SAPSD

Scheduled Automatic Power Save Delivery

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SAR

Segmentation And Reassembly

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