What is SMS

SMS, which stands for Short Message Service and is also referred to as “text messaging,” is a cheaper alternative to making phone calls from mobile phone to mobile phone, instead sending ...

What is Symbian

Symbian is a proprietary operating system for wireless telecommunications, succeeding Psion Software's EPOC. Released in 1999, it is owned by a number of companies: Nokia with 47.9% of the share, Eri...

What is TDMA

TDMA, which stands for time division multiple access, is a method of channel access developed specifically for shared medium networks, such as radio broadcast. It is a form of time-division multiplex...

What is J2ME

J2ME, which stands for Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition, is a subset of the Java platform, designed by Sun Microsystems as a replacement for PersonalJava. The other two Java platforms are the Standard ...

What is iDEN

iDEN iDEN, which stands for Integrated Digital Enhanced Network, is a wireless telecommunications technology which offers the benefits of a trunked radio and a mobile phone to its subscribers. It was...

What is MMS

MMS, which stands for Multimedia Messaging Service, is a standard for wireless telecommunications systems, developed as an evolution of Short Message Service (SMS). It enables the transmission of me...

What is AirPort Extreme

AirPort Extreme is the successor of AirPort, a wireless local area networking brand introduced by Apple, Inc. It was introduced by Apple on January 7, 2003. While AirPort was based on the IEEE 802.11...

What is AMPS Standard

AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) is a first-generation (1G) analog mobile phone system standard developed by Bell Labs and introduced in America in 1983, with variants such as Total Access Co...

What is 3x Protocol

3x is the second revision of the Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) set of mobile telecommunications standards made by the Third Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2). It is also known as TIA-856 Re...

What is 2.5G Technology

2.5G, which stands for "second and a half generation," is a cellular wireless technology developed in between its predecessor, 2G, and its successor, 3G. "2.5G" is an informal term, invented solely f...