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ACRONYMS

1. 2G Second Generation.

2. 3G Third Generations.

3. AIMS Advance Intelligent monitoring system.

4. ACC Accounts Calling Card.

5. ADC Access Deficit Charge.

6. ADSL Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line.

7. AGR Adjusted Gross Revenue.

8. AI Artificial Intelligence.

9. ALTTC Advanced Level Telecom Training Centre.

10. APT Asia Pacific Telecommunications.

11. ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode.

12. ATNs Acton Taken Notes.

13. BBNL Bharat Broadband Network Limited.

14. BPO Business Process Outsourcing.

15. BRBRAITT Bharat Ratna Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute of Telecom Training.

16. BSNL Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.

17. BTS Base Trans receiver Station.

18. BTSs Base Terminal Stations.

19. BWA Broadband Wireless Access.

20. CAIR Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.

21. C&AG Comptroller and Auditor General.

22. CACT Component Approval Centre for Telecom.

23. CAD Computer Aided Design.

24. CAF Customer Acquisition Form/ Customer Application Form.

25. CAG Comptroller and Auditor General.

26. CCEA Cabinet Committee on Economic Aairs.

27. CCR Call Completion Ratio.

28. CCS Cabinet Committee on Security.

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29. CDMA Code Division Multiple Access.

30. C-DoT Centre for Development of Telematics.

31. CDR Call Detail Record.

32. CIDA Canadian International Development Agency.

33. CLIP Callers Line Identification Protocol.

34. CMC Central Monitoring Centre.

35. CMMI Capability Maturity Model - Integrated.

36. CMPs Cellular Mobile Phones.

37. CMRTS Captive Mobile Radio Trunking Service.

38. CMS Centralized Monitoring System.

39. CMTS Cellular Mobile Telephone Service.

40. COMAC Centralised Operation & Maintenance Centre.

41. CPE Customer Premises Equipment.

42. CPGRAMS Centralized Public Grievance Redressal And Monitoring System.

43. CSMS Customer Service Management System.

44. DCC Development Coordination Committee.

45. DCME Digital Circuit Multiplication Equipment.

46. DCN Data Communication Network.

47. DDG Deputy Director General.

48. DECT Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone.

49. Deit Department of Electronics and Information Technology.

50. DIAS Direct Internet Access System.

51. DLC Digital Loop Carrier.

52. DoE Department of Expenditure.

53. DoPT Department of Personnel and Training.

54. DoS Department of Space.

55. DoT Department of Telecommunications.

56. DoT Department of Telecommunications.

57. DPR Detailed Project Report.

58. DR Disaster Recovery.

59. DSPT Digital Satellite Phone Terminal.

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60. DSS Digital Switching System.

61. DWDM Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing.

62. EFC Expenditure Finance Committee.

63. ELCINA Electronic Industries Association of India

64. EMF Electro Magnetic Field.

65. EMS Element Management system.

66. EMTS Express Money Transfer Service.

67. FAS Fibre Access System.

68. FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access.

69. FMCP Fixed Mobile Converged Platform.

70. FRS Fault Repair Service.

71. FFLS Fibre Fault Localization System.

72. GP Gram Panchayat.

73. G-PON Gigabit Pasture Optical Network.

74. GPSS Gateway Packet Switching System.

75. GRs Generic Requirements.

76. GMPCS Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite.

77. G-PON Gigabit Pasture Optical Network.

78. GPSS Gateway Packet Switching System.

79. GRs Generic Requirements.

80. HAG Higher Administrative Grade.

81. HECS High Erlang Capacity Switch.

82. HSDL High bit rate Digital Subscriber line.

83. I&B Information and Broadcasting.

84. IAPs Innovation Acton Plans.

85. IEM Independent External Monitor.

86. IFRB International Frequency Regulation Board.

87. ILA In-line Amplifier.

88. ILD International Long Distance.

89. ILL Internet Leased Line.

90. IMEI International mobile equipment identity.

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91. IMRB Indian Marketing Research Bureau.

92. IMS IP Multi-Media System.

93. IN Intelligent Network.

94. INSAT Indian National Satellite.

95. IP and P Industrial Policy and Promotion.

96. IP-I Infrastructure Provider-I.

97. IPLC International Private Leased Circuit.

98. IPR Intellectual Property Right.

99. Ipv6 Internet Protocol Version 6.

100. IRs Interface Requirements.

101. ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network.

102. ISP Internet Service Provider.

103. ITI Ltd Indian Telephone Industries Limited.

104. ITU International Telecommunications Union.

105. ITU-D International Telecommunication Union-Development Sector.

106. ITU-R International Telecommunication Union- Radiocommunication Sector.

107. ITU-T International Telecommunication Union-Telecom Sector.

108. IUC Interconnection Usage Charge.

109. IVRS Interactive Voice Response System.

110. I&B Information and Broadcasting.

111. IAPs Innovation Acton Plans.

112. IFRB International Frequency Regulation Board.

113. ILL Internet Leased Line.

114. IMEI International mobile equipment identity.

115. IMRB Indian Marketing Research Bureau.

116. KPO Knowledge Process Outsourcing.

117. Lab Laboratory.

118. LD Liquidity Damages.

119. LEA Law Enforcement Agency.

120. LMDS Local Multi-Point Distribution System.

121. LOI Letter of Intent.

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122. LSA Licensed Service Area.

123. LSA Licensed Service Area.

124. LTE-A Long Term Evolution- Advance.

125. LWE Left Wing Extremism.

126. M2M Machine to Machine.

127. MAX-NG MAX Next Generation.

128. MCIBS Microprocessor Controlled Intelligent Building Systems.

129. MCPC Multi Channel Per Carrier.

130. MHA Ministry of Home Affairs.

131. MLLN Managed Leased Line Network.

132. MMS Multimedia Messaging Service.

133. MNP Mobile Number Portability.

134. MNRE Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

135. MoF Ministry of Finance.

136. MoU Memorandum of understanding.

137. MPLS Multi-Protocol Label Switching.

138. MSC Mobile Switching Centre.

139. MSME Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises.

140. MSS Mobile Satellite System.

141. MTL Millennium Telecom Limited.

142. MTNL Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited.

143. MUX Multiplexer.

144. NDA Non-Disclosure Agreement.

145. NFS Network for Spectrum.

146. NGN Next Generation Networks.

147. NGN-IN IN in NGN.

148. NHAI National Highway Authority of India.

149. NIB National Internet Backbone.

150. NICF National Institute of Communication Finance.

151. NLD National Long Distance.

152. NLDS National Long-Distance Service.

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153. NMS Network Management System.

154. NOC Network Operation Centre.

155. NOFN National Optical Fiber Network.

156. NPLC National Private Leased Circuit.

157. NSSO National Sample Survey Organization.

158. NTIPRIT National Telecommunications Institute for Policy Research, Innovation and Training.

159. NTP National Telecom Policy.

160. NTP New Telecom Policy.

161. NYSF New York Stock Exchange.

162. OAM Operation and administrative Module.

163. OFC Optical Fiber Cable.

164. OLT Optical Line Termination.

165. OLTE Optical Line Terminating Equipment.

166. OSP Other Service Provider.

167. OTN Optical Transport Network.

168. PAC Public Accounts Committee.

169. PCB Printed Circuit Board6Pm.

170. PCR Priority Call Routng.

171. PG Public Grievance.

172. PIA Photo Identity Address.

173. PMA Preferential Market Access.

174. PMRTS Public Mobile Radio Trunk Service.

175. POI Point of Interconnection.

176. PoS Point of Sale.

177. POT Plain Old Telephone.

178. PRS Premium Rate Service.

179. PSTN Public Switching Telecom Network.

180. PCI Prime Custodian Interface.

181. PON Passive Optical network.

182. QOS Quality of Service.

183. QTS Quality of Telephone Service.

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184. R and D Research and Development.

185. RABMN Remote Area Business Message Network.

186. RAN Radio Access Network.

187. RMC Regional Monitoring Centre.

188. RoW Right of Way.

189. RTTC Regional Telecom Training Centre.

190. ROADM Re-Configurable Optical Add / Drop Multiplexer.

191. RRM Radio Resource Management.

192. SaaS Software as a Service.

193. SACFA Standing Advisory Committee on Radio Frequency Allocation.

194. SAG Senior Administrative Grade.

195. SAR Specific Absorption Ratio.

196. SAS System of Accounting Separation.

197. SBM Signal Base Module.

198. SDCA Short Distance Charging Area.

199. SDCN Secure and dedicated communication network.

200. SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy.

201. SIM Subscriber Identity Module.

202. SIM Subscribers Identification Module.

203. SSA Secondary Switching Area.

204. STM Synchronous Transport Module.

205. STRC Service Test Result Certificate.

206. SOP System Operating Procedure.

207. TAX TAX Automatic Exchange.

208. TFS Toll Free Services.

209. ToT Transfer of Technology.

210. TBR Terabit Router.

211. TCOE Telecom Centre of Excellence.

212. TCP Transmission Connection Protocol.

213. TDM Time Division Multiplex.

214. TDMA Time Division Multiple Access.

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215. TDSAT Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal.

216. TERM Telecom Enforcement, Resource and Monitoring.

217. ToT Transfer of Technology.

218. TRAI Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

219. TSP Telecom Service Provider.

220. TSP Tribal Sub Plan.

221. TSPs Telecom Service Providers.

222. TTL Telecom Testing Laboratory.

223. TTO Telecommunications Tari Order.

224. UASL Unified Access Service License.

225. UHF Ultra High Frequency.

226. UL Unified License.

227. UMS Unified Messaging Service.

228. USF Universal Service Fund.

229. USL Unified Service Levy.

230. USO Universal Service Obligation.

231. USOF Universal Service Obligation Fund.

232. UTL United Telecom Limited.

233. UTs Union Territories.

234. VCC Virtual Calling Cord.

235. VLR Visitor Location Register.

236. VMS Voice Mail Service.

237. VOIP Voice-over-IP.

238. VPN Virtual Private Network.

239. VPT Village Public Telephone.

240. VRLA Value Regulated Lead Acid.

241. VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal.

242. VTM Vigilance Telecom Monitoring.

243. WDAN Wavelength-based Distribution and Aggregation Network System.

244. WLL Wireless in Local Loop.

245. WPC Wireless Planning & Coordination.

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246. WPHS Web Page Hosting Service.

247. WSHS Web Server Hosting Service.

248. WiPS Wireless Phone Secure.

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