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M2M
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Machine-to-Machine
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MB
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Megabyte
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MBPS
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Megabit(s) per Second
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M-commerce
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Mobile commerce. E-commerce that takes place using mobile connection devices and through data transmission via technical standards for mobile communication.
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MDA
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Mobile Data Association
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MexE
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Mobile Execution Environment
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Midlet
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A cellphone or pager application written in the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition version (J2ME).
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MIDlet suite
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A bundle of MIDlets in the same application.
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MIDP
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Mobile information Device Profile
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MMS
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(Mobile Multimedia Messaging) A service - standardized by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) – for sending multimedia messages including a combination of text, audio, graphics, image, animation, and video.
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MNC
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Multinational Corporation
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MNO
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Mobile Network Operator
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Modem
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Modulator/Demodulator. A device that modulates outgoing digital signals from a computer or other digital device to analogue signals suitable to be transmitted through a conventional telephone line (copper twisted pair telephone). The reverse procedure takes place for incoming signals.
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MOU
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Minutes of Use
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MP3
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MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
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MPS
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M-payment system
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MRO goods
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Maintenance, repair and operating goods. Supplies, which companies need to maintain their operations, for example office supplies, in contrast to "direct production goods", which are components of the goods and services the company produces.
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MRP
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Manufacturing Resource Planning
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MSC
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Mobile-service Switching Centre. The MSC is an exchange that performs the functions of switching, routing and control of the call, as well as charging and accounting, and controls interworking with fixed networks. It is in charge of managing the circuit switching communication between mobile handsets, the transmission of Short Messages, and handover (when needed).
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M-TLD
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Mobile Top Level Domain
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MVNO
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Mobile Virtual Network Operator. A 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, MVNOs have business arrangements with traditional mobile operators to buy minutes of use (MOU) for sale to their own customers.
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NGN
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Next-Generation Network. Behind the Next-Generation Network term, there are two concepts: the first relating to multimedia service evolution for public networks, the second to the separation of control plane signalization and transport plane signalization. Next-generation networks are designed to provide the advanced services that are needed by the convergence of voice, video and data applications over a single unifying network model.
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NOC
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(Network Operations Center) A central facility for network management. It is a control center for network monitoring, analysis and accounting.
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Node
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In networks, a processing location. A node can be a computer or some other device, such as a printer. Every node has a unique network address, sometimes called a Data Link Control (DLC) address or Media Access Control (MAC) address.
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NSP
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Network Service Provider
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