This list includes abbreviations and acronyms not otherwise mentioned in the glossary. The list aims to cover the main terms used in this report, but is not exhaustive.
2G 2nd Generation
3G 3rd Generation
CCTV Closed caption television
COFDM Coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
DAB Digital audio broadcasting
DMB Digital multimedia broadcasting
DSL Digital subscriber line
DVB Digital video broadcasting
DVD Digital videodisc
EC European Commission
EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation
E-mail Electronic mail
EPIC Electronic Information Privacy Organization
ETRI Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
EU European Union
EV-DO Evolution data optimized
FDD Frequency division duplex
GHz Gigahertz
GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
HDTV High definition television
ICT Information and communication technologies
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IMS IP multimedia subsystem
IMT-2000 International mobile telecommunications-2000
IP Internet protocol
IPR Intellectual property rights
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISP internet Service Provider
ITU International Telecommunication Union
kHz kiloHertz
LAN Local area network
LDC Least developed countries
MHz Megahertz
MMS Multimedia message service
MP3 MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
MP4 MPEG-4 Part 14
MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group
NFC Near Field Communication
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
P2P Peer-to-peer
P3P Platform for privacy preferences
PDA Personal digital assistant
PKI Public key infrastructure
PSTN Public switched telephone network
PTO Public telephone operator, also public telecommunications operator
SIN Single identification number
SPU ITU Strategy and Policy Unit
TDD Time division duplex
UN United Nations
URL Uniform resource locator
USD United States dollars
W3C World Wide Web Consortium
Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity
WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
WLAN Wireless local area network
WLL Wireless local loop
XML Extensible markup language
