Most of the technologies, which are used in Telecom industry are known by their short name. here, we will discuss the full form of these names. for example, the latest trending telecom 5th generation telecom technology is known as 5G. Let’s discuss the telecom full forms:
A list of telecom full forms is as follows:
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| Sr. No. | Short Name | Stands for | Full Form |
| 1 | 1G | Stands for | First Generation |
| 2 | 2G | Stands for | Second Generation |
| 3 | 3G | Stands for | Third Generation |
| 4 | 3GPP | Stands for | 3rd Generation Partnership Project |
| 5 | 3GPP2 | Stands for | 3rd Generation Partnership Project |
| 6 | 4G | Stands for | Fourth Generation |
| 7 | AAA | Stands for | Authentication Authorization, Account |
| 8 | ACC | Stands for | Analog Control Channel |
| 9 | AMPS | Stands for | Advanced Mobile Phone Service |
| 10 | APN | Stands for | Access Point Name. |
| 11 | AUC | Stands for | Authentication Center |
| 12 | BC | Stands for | Billing Center |
| 13 | BCH | Stands for | Broadcast Channel |
| 14 | BER | Stands for | Bit Error Rate |
| 15 | BS | Stands for | Base Station |
| 16 | BSC | Stands for | Bachelor of Science, Base Station Controller |
| 17 | BTS | Stands for | Base Transceiver Station |
| 18 | CBR | Stands for | Constant Bit Rate |
| 19 | CDG | Stands for | CDMA Development Group |
| 20 | CDMA | Stands for | Code Division Multiple Access |
| 21 | CDMA2000 | Stands for | Code Division Multiple Access… |
| 22 | CDR | Stands for | Call Detail Record |
| 23 | CN | Stands for | Core Network |
| 24 | D/R | Stands for | Distance to Reuse Ratio |
| 25 | DAMPS | Stands for | Digital Advance Mobile Phone Service |
| 26 | DCC | Stands for | Digital Color Code |
| 27 | DTA | Stands for | Data Transfer Adapter |
| 28 | DTC | Stands for | Digital Traffic Channel |
| 29 | EDGE | Stands for | Enhanced Data for Global Evolution |
| 30 | EDI | Stands for | Electronic Data Interchange |
| 31 | EIR | Stands for | Equipment Identity Register |
| 32 | ESMR | Stands for | Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio |
| 33 | ETACS | Stands for | Extended TACS |
| 34 | ETDMA | Stands for | Extended Time Division Multiple Access |
| 35 | FDD | Stands for | Frequency Division Duplex |
| 36 | FDM | Stands for | Frequency Division Multiplexing |
| 37 | FDMA | Stands for | Frequency Division Multiple Access |
| 38 | FM | Stands for | Frequency Modulation |
| 39 | FSK | Stands for | Frequency Shift Keying |
| 40 | FTMD | Stands for | Full Track Music Download |
| 41 | GGSN | Stands for | Gateway GPRS Support Node |
| 42 | GMSK | Stands for | Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying |
| 43 | GPRS | Stands for | General Packet Radio Service |
| 44 | GPS | Stands for | Global Positioning System |
| 45 | GSM | Stands for | Global System for Mobile communication |
| 46 | GSN | Stands for | GPRS Support Node |
| 47 | HLR | Stands for | Home Location Register |
| 48 | HTTP | Stands for | Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. |
| 49 | IC | Stands for | Interchange Carrier |
| 50 | ISD | Stands for | International Subscriber Dialing |
| 51 | ITC | Stands for | Indian Tobacco Company, International Trade Center, Independent Telephone Company |
| 52 | PCO | Stands for | Public Call Office |
| 53 | PCS | Stands for | Provincial Civil Service & Personal Communication Service |
| 54 | SMSC | Stands for | Gateway Mobile Switching Center |
| 55 | WIFI | Stands for | Wireless Fidelity |