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Electronic Serial Number (ESN)

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Electronic Serial Number (ESN) - The unique identification number embedded in a wireless phone by the manufacturer. Each time a call is placed, the ESN is automatically transmitted to the base station so the wireless carrier's mobile switching office can check the call's validity. The ESN cannot easily be altered in the field. The ESN differs from the mobile identification number, which is the wireless carrier's identifier for a phone in the network. MINs and ESNs can be electronically checked to help prevent fraud.


0-9
- 1.5-Way Paging
- 1.7-Way Paging
- 1G
- 2.5G
- 2G
- 711
- 802.11


A
- A and B PCS Blocks
- A Block
- A-Key
- A/B Switch
- Access Fee
- Access Line
- Adjacent Channel Interference
- Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN)
- Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS)
- Affiliate
- Air Interface
- Airtime
- Alphanumeric
- American Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA)
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
- Analog
- Antenna
- Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
- Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International (APCO)
- Attenuation
- Authentication
- Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL)
- Average Revenue Per Unit (ARPU)


B
- B Block
- B Carrier
- Bandwidth
- Base Station
- Base Station Controller (BSC)
- Base Transceiver Station (BTS)
- Basic Trading Area (BTA)
- Bent Pipe Technology
- Big LEO
- Bluetooth
- Broadband
- Broadband PCS
- Bundling


C
- C Block
- Call Barring
- Call Divert
- Call Hold
- Call Restriction
- Call Transfer
- Call Waiting
- Caller ID
- Calling Plan
- Cap Code
- cdma2000
- cdmaOne
- Cell
- Cell Phone
- Cell Site
- Cell Splitting
- Cellular
- Cellular Base Station
- Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD)
- Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA)
- Channel
- Churn
- Circuit Switch Data (CSD)
- ClassLink
- Clone/Cloning
- Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
- Collocation
- Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS)
- Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA)
- Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC)
- Content Services
- Control Channel
- Coverage
- Crosstalk
- Customer Acquisition Cost


D
- D and E PCS Blocks
- Decibel (dB)
- Digital
- Digital Cellular System (DCS 1800)
- Digital Signal Processor (DSP)
- Disaggregation
- Downlink
- Drive Test
- Dual Band
- Dual Mode


E
- Electromagnetic Energy
- Electromagnetic Field
- Electromagnetic Radiation
- Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Electronic Serial Number (ESN)
- Encryption
- Enhanced 911 (E911)
- Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE)
- Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR)
- European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)


F
- F PCS Block
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Fiber Optic
- FireWire
- Flash Memory
- Foliage Attenuation
- Frame Relay
- Frequency
- Frequency Modulation (FM)
- Frequency Reuse


G
- Gateway
- Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN)
- General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
- Global Positioning System (GPS)
- Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
- Globalstar
- GSM 1800
- GSM 1900
- GSM 900
- GSM Hosted SMS Teleservice (GHOST)


H
- Half-Rate
- Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML)
- Handoff
- Hands-Free
- Handset Subsidy
- Hertz (Hz)
- High-Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD)
- Home Location Register (HLR)


I
- I-Mode
- Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC)
- Independent Telephone Network (ITN)
- Industrial Telecommunications Association (ITA)
- Infrared Data Association (IrDA)
- Integrated Circuit Card ID (ICCID)
- Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN)
- Intelligent Roaming Database (IRDB)
- Interactive Messaging
- Interconnection
- Interim Standard (IS)
- International Mobile Equipment Identifier (IMEI)
- International Mobile Subscriber Identifier (IMSI)
- International Mobile Telecommunications Association (IMTA)
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- Interoperability
- Ionizing Radiation
- Iridium
- IS-136
- IS-41
- IS-54
- IS-661
- IS-95


J
- Japanese Total Access Communication (JTAC)


L
- Land Line
- Lithium-Ion Battery (Li-Ion)
- Local Calling Area
- Local Mulitpoint Distribution Service (LMDS)
- Local Number Portability (LNP)
- Local Service Footprint
- Local-State Governmental Advisory Committee (LSGAC)
- Low Earth Orbit


M
- Major Trading Area (MTA)
- Memory Effect
- Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
- Microcell
- Microwaves
- Middleware
- Mobile Identification Number (MIN)
- Mobile Satellite Service
- Mobile Telephone Switching Office (MTSO)
- Modem Pools
- Multipath Propagation
- Multiplexing
- Mutual Compensation
- Mutually Exclusive Applications


N
- Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone System (NAMPS)
- Narrowband PCS
- National Emergency Numbering Association (NENA)
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
- Network
- Nickel Cadmium Battery (NiCd)
- Nickel Metal Hydride Battery (NiMH)
- Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT)
- North American Cellular Network (NACN)
- North American Numbering Council (NANC)
- Number Assignment Module (NAM)
- Number Pooling
- Number Portability


O
- Off-Peak
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (OBRA 93)
- Operators Harmonization Group (OHG)
- Over-The-Air Service Provisioning (OTASP)
- Overlay Area Code


P
- Partitioning
- PCS Phone
- Peak
- Penetration
- Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA)
- Personal Communications Service (PCS)
- Personal Digital Cellular (PDC)
- Personal Identification Number (PIN)
- PIN Unblocking Key (PUK)
- Project 25
- Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
- Public Utility Commission (PUC)
- Public-Safety Answering Point (PSAP)
- Pull SMS
- Push SMS


R
- Radiation
- Radio Frequency (RF)
- Radio Waves
- Radio-Frequency Fingerprinting
- Rate Center
- Repeater
- Roaming
- Roaming Agreement
- Round-Up Calls/Billing


S
- S-Band
- Service Charge
- Service Plan
- Short Message Service (SMS)
- Short Message Service Center (SMSC)
- SIM Card
- Simple Network Paging Protocol (SNPP)
- Simulcast
- Sleep Mode
- Smart Antenna
- Smart Card
- Smart Phone
- Soft Handoff
- Soft Key
- Space Division Multiple Access (SDMA)
- Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR)
- Specific Absorption Rate (SAR)
- Spectrum
- Spectrum Allocation
- Spectrum Assignment
- Spectrum Cap
- Spread Spectrum
- Standby Time
- Stratospheric Platform
- Strongest Signal
- Subscriber Fraud
- Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)
- Subscriber Profiling
- Switch


T
- Talk Time
- TD-CDMA
- Telecommunications
- Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)
- Telematics
- Telematics Control Unit (TCU)
- Telephone Network
- Telephone Transmission Tower
- Telephony
- Termination Charges
- Third Generation (3G)
- Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
- Total Access Communication System (TACS)
- Transceiver
- Tri-Band
- Tri-Mode
- Triangulation
- Trunking


U
- Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
- Universal Wireless Communications Consortium (UWCC)
- Uplink
- UWC-136


V
- Visitor Location Register (VLR)
- Voice Activation
- Voice Recognition


W
- Wavelength
- Wideband CDMA (WCDMA)
- Wideband Packet CDMA (WPCDMA)
- Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
- Wireless Communications Services (WCS)
- Wireless Instant Messaging (WIM)
- Wireless Intelligent Network (WIN)
- Wireless Markup Language/Script (WML/WMLScript)
- Wireless Telephone Base Station
- Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS)
- Wireline


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