MVNO Directory

MVNO Directory (www.mvnodirectory.com)
COO
Chief Operating Officer
CRM
CSO
Customer Relationship Management - includes the methodologies, strategies, software, and
web-based capabilities that help an enterprise organise and manage customer relationships.
Chief Strategy Officer
CTO
Chief Technology Officer
D-AMPS
GPRS
GSM
M2M
MD
Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service - is a 2G mobile phone system used throughout the
Americas but particularly in the United States and Canada. It is considered end-of-life, and
existing networks are in the process of being replaced by GSM/GPRS and CDMA2000
technologies.
General Packet Radio Service - is a packet-based wireless communication service that has
data rates from 56 Kilobits per second (Kbps) up to 114 Kbps and a continuous connection to
the Internet for mobile phone and computer users.
Global System for Mobile communication - is a 2G digital mobile telephone system that is
widely used in Europe and other parts of the world. GSM digitises and compresses data, then
sends it down a channel with two other streams of user data, each in its own time slot. It
operates at either the 900 MHz or 1800 MHz frequency band.
Machine-to-Machine – is a technology that supports wired or wireless communication
between machines. M2M is used in telemetry, data collection, remote control, robotics, remote
monitoring, road traffic control, security systems, logistic services, and telemedicine.
Managing Director
MMS
MNO
MVNE
MVNO
OFTA
OSS
Multimedia Messaging Service - is a communications technology developed by 3GPP (Third
Generation Partnership Project) that allows users to exchange multimedia communications
between capable mobile phones and other devices.
Mobile Network Operator - is a telephone company that owns a radio spectrum licence and
its own physical infrastructure, and provides services for mobile phone subscribers.
Mobile Virtual Network Enabler – provides services to MVNOs including network
provisioning, administration and various operations such as billing and account handling. A
MVNE does not have a direct relationship with the end-user (customer), they provide the
services directly to the MVNOs.
Mobile Virtual Network Operator - is a mobile operator that does not own its own spectrum
and usually does not have its own network infrastructure. Instead, MVNO's have business
arrangements with traditional mobile network operators to buy minutes of use (MOU) for sale
to their own customers.
Office of the Telecommunications Authority – is the statutory body responsible for
regulating the telecommunications industry in Hong Kong.
Operations Support System - enable telecommunications companies to manage, monitor
and control the telecommunications networks. Billing, customer care systems, directory
services, network element and network management are all Operational Support Systems.
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