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GLOSSARY Optical fiber: transmission medium which routes digital data in the form of modulated light signals. It consists of an extremely thin glass cylinder (the core strand) surrounded by a concentric layer of glass (the sheath). The potential bandwidth that can be passed through an optical fiber in conjunction with the corresponding active equipment is enormous. Optical node (ON): site hosting optical local loop equipment bringing together all of the optical local loop interconnection links serving end-subscribers for a given geographic area. Partial unbundling: partial unbundling involves providing an operator with access to France Télécom’s local loop and allowing the operator to use the high (non-voice) frequencies of the frequency spectrum on the copper pair. France Télécom continues to use the local loop in order to provide conventional telephone services to the public (using the low frequencies of the local loop). Customers continue to pay the telephone line rental to France Télécom. Peering: type of interconnection agreement between two IP backbone networks (known as peer networks) for the exchange of Internet traffic destined for their respective networks free of charge. These reciprocal exchanges take place at exchange nodes called peering points. Ping: ping is an acronym for Packet Internet Groper, and is a component of the Internet connection protocol which verifies the connections established on the Internet between one or more remote hosts and measures the time data packets require to be transmitted to one computer connected to the Internet and back again. The lower the ping value (i.e., the closer to zero) the faster the network connection. POP (Point of Presence): physical site from which the operator can use an interconnection link to connect to the interconnect point of another operator (whether another POP or, in the case of France Télécom, a digital main switching unit or a digital local exchange). The POP is located on the operator’s network backbone. See also “digital main switching point”. Portability: possibility for subscribers to keep their telephone numbers when changing operators and/or geographical location. Preselection: carrier selection mechanism allowing a subscriber automatically to route all eligible calls (local, national, international, and calls to mobile phones) so that they are carried by the operator of the subscriber’s choice, without having to dial a special prefix. Primary digital block: basic unit of measurement of the capacity of interconnection links to the France Télécom network (telephone traffic and dial-up Internet traffic). It corresponds to a grouping of several communications on the same physical support structure (31 simultaneous communications, i.e., a capacity of 2 Mbits per second). Public switched telephone network (PSTN): conventional telephone network which uses switching (a non-permanent link established by line seizure and then dialing). Each call established on the PSTN ties up network resources. Reference Interconnect Offer: document describing the technical and pricing terms of France Télécom’s interconnect offer (or the interconnect offer of any other operator designated as having significant market power pursuant to Article L.36-7 of the French Post and Telecommunications Code). It informs third party operators of what interconnection services are available and sets out the prices and the technical terms of these services. Reverse look-up directory: service allowing users to retrieve the name and address of the owner of a telephone line by searching the corresponding telephone number. RLAN (Radio Local Area Network): wireless network. RLANs generally conform to IEEE 802.11 standards. SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy): multiplexing technique providing for the secure transmission of different types of data. This technique is used for the transmission of data on conventional telephone networks. SMS (Short Message Services): short alphanumerical text messages. Source code: list of instructions in a computer program in a language capable of being understood by human beings. 210 - <strong>Iliad</strong> – Registration Document 2007
GLOSSARY Spamming: the bulk mailing of unsolicited electronic messages. These types of messages are generally sent to email lists obtained unconventionally or illegally (for example, through the use of a search engine on public websites or through the sale of email address files without the permission of the owners of such addresses). Subscriber connection node: a site hosting France Télécom’s network equipment bringing together all of the interconnection links for its copper local loop for a given geographic area. Subscriber connection nodes provide access to the various services available via the copper local loop. Third party operators may access these services through unbundling arrangements in order to directly serve end-subscribers. Switch: equipment which routes calls to destinations by establishing a temporary link between two circuits on a telecommunications network (or occasionally by routing information in packet form). Switches are organized in a hierarchical fashion, i.e., the higher the position they occupy in the hierarchy, the more subscribers they serve. TLD (Top Level Domain): the top level domain name classification, corresponding to a geographic area or a sector of activity, such as .com, .org or .fr. Total ADSL subscribers: represents at the end of a period the total number of customers identified by their individual telephone lines who have signed up for Free’s ADSL service excluding those for whom an unsubscription notice has been registered. Triple Play: a technical service capable of managing bandwidth-intensive voice, data and audiovisual content simultaneously and over long distances. Trunk exchange (TX): telephone network switch linking together the digital local exchanges. The France Télécom network is organized in a hierarchical fashion, with the trunk exchange being the highest level in the hierarchy of national exchanges. Through the digital local exchanges, the trunk exchange serves all subscribers in a given geographic area (called a trunk exchange area). See also “trunk exchange area”. Trunk exchange area: the geographic area covered by a trunk exchange. France Télécom’s switched network in mainland France is divided into 18 trunk exchange areas, defined by France Télécom in its Reference Interconnect Offer and generally corresponding to the administrative regional divisions of France. See also “Trunk exchange (TX)”. Unbundled subscribers: ADSL subscribers who have signed up for Free’s ADSL service on a Central Office unbundled by Free. Unbundling: operation involving the separation of a range of telecommunications services into several distinct units. Unbundling of the local loop (or unbundled access to France Télécom’s local network) consists of separating the access services provided over the local loop, mainly by separating the high frequencies from the low frequencies of the access network which constitutes the local loop, allowing new operators to use the local network of the incumbent operator and provide services directly to their subscribers. Universal service: the main element of the public telecommunications service as defined by law, with the intended purpose of providing high quality telephone services to the general public at an affordable price. Urban area: in the architecture of the France Télécom network, Ile-de-France is divided into two trunk exchange areas. The urban area corresponds to the former département of Seine (Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val de Marne) and the peripheral area covers the Seine-et-Marne, Essonne, Yvelines and Val d’Oise départements. VoDSL (Voice over DSL): transmission of voice traffic (in packets) using ADSL technology, i.e., using the high frequencies of the local loop, as compared to conventional telephony which uses the low frequencies of the local loop. WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network): a wireless network based on radio telecommunications. An RLAN (see “RLAN – Radio Local Area Network”) is a specific type of WLAN. xDSL (x Digital Subscriber Line): the family of technologies used to transmit digital data over the copper pair (local loop) at high speeds (such as ADSL, SDSL, VDSL, etc.) See also ASDL. <strong>Iliad</strong> – Registration Document 2007 - 211
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TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL COMMENTS
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