HLR = Home Location Register Home Location Register, shortened as HLR refers to a database “The home location register (HLR) is a central database that contains details of each mobile phone subscriber that is authorized to use the GSM core network. There can be several logical, and physical, HLRs per public land mobile network (PLMN), though one international mobile […]
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NSS
NSS = Network Switching Subsystem “Network switching subsystem (NSS) (or GSM core network) is the component of a GSM system that carries out call out and mobility management functions for mobile phones roaming on the network of base stations. It is owned and deployed by mobile phone operators and allows mobile devices to communicate with each other and telephones in the wider public switched telephone network (PSTN). The architecture contains specific features […]
Dark Fibre
“A dark fibre or unlit fibre is an unused optical fibre, available for use in fibre-optic communication. Dark fibre may be leased from a network service provider. Dark fibre originally referred to the potential network capacity of telecommunication infrastructure.” Learn More about Dark Fibre from the below link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_fibre
SDP
SDP = Service Delivery Platform “A service delivery platform (SDP) is a set of components that provides a service(s) delivery architecture (such as service creation, session control and protocols) for a type of service delivered to consumer, whether it be a customer or other system. Although it is commonly used in the context of telecommunications, it can apply […]
3PP
3PP = 3rd Party Partnership / Product This term is mostly used in technical discussions as Telcos often go with 3rd party partnerships to get various services at an efficient effort and resource.
IRIS
IRIS = Incremental Revenue, Incremental Sales. “Incremental Revenues through Incremental Sales’ (IRIS) unifies retailer and subscriber recharge processes by providing a seamless, congruent and concurrent recharge experience to both the parties. Subscribers are segmented across various categories and provided with an interactive best fit offer. The aim is to create a better value proposition and […]
IMSI
IMSI = International Mobile Subscriber Identity IMSI is the identification number of a mobile phone subscriber which is unique around the world and cannot be duplicated. It is different from MSISDN, and is stored as a 64 bit field stored which is sent to the network by the phone. IMSI contains mainly 3 parts, MCC, […]
MSISDN
MSISDN = Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number What is MSISDN? MSIDN is the unique number for a mobile phone user that make it possible to identify every single user in world separately. In general day to day life we often call this as the “Mobile Number” or ‘Phone Number” An MSISDN carries 3 parts. […]
SIM
SIM = Subscriber Identification Module What is SIM? SIM is the short form of Subscriber Identification Module. It is a small sized smart card that includes a chip within it. When inserted in the SIM slot of a mobile phone, it allows the device to communicate with the network using a unique identification number […]