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Glossary of terms and acronyms

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ACMA
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Administration

The arm of government responsible for meeting the obligations under the ITU Convention and Constitution.

AUT

Auckland University of Technology

CEPT
European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications
dBm
Power in decibels relative to 1 milliwatt
dBw
Power in decibels relative to 1 watt
ECC
European Electronic Communications Commission
EIRP
Equivalent isotropic radiated power
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FCC
Federal Communications Commission of the USA
Gbps
The rate of data in gigabits per second
GHz
The frequency in gigahertz
ITU
International Telecommunication Union
MED
Ministry of Economic Development
OFCOM

The UK Office of Communications

POP

Point of Presence access point to an Internet Service Provider

 

Last updated 2 September 2008