II Acronyms/Glossary
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ADSL2 Advanced version of ADSL
ADSL2+ Advanced version of ADSL
ANT Access Network Transport
ARPU Average Revenue Per User
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
BWA Broadband Wireless Access
CAPEX Capital Expenditure
CATV Community Antenna Television
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
DOCSIS Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
DVB Digital Video Broadcasting
EIRP Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power
EPON Ethernet Passive Optical Network
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FDD Frequency Division Duplex
FTTC Fibre to the Curb
FTTB Fibre to the Building
FTTC Fibre to the Curb
FTTH Fibre to the Home
FTTN Fibre to the Node
FTTx Fiber to the X, i.e. any of the above
FWA Fixed Wireless Access
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GEO Geostationary Earth Orbit
GPON Gigabit-capable passive optical networks
GSO Geostationary Orbit Satellite
HDSL High-bit Rate Digital Subscriber Line
HDTV High Definition Television
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ICT Information and Communication Technologies
IMT IMT-2000 and IMT-Advanced
IMT-2000 International Mobile Telecommunications (Recommendation ITU-R M.1457)
IMT-Advanced International Mobile Telecommunications-Advanced (Recommendation ITU-R M.2012)
ISP Internet Service Provider
IP Internet Protocol
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
iTV Interactive Television
LAN Local Area Network
LEO Low Earth Orbit
LMH-BWA Land Mobile (including Wireless Access) – Volume 5: Deployment of Broadband Wireless Access Systems
LTE Long Term Evolution
MEOs Medium Earth Orbit Satellites
NGSO Non-Geostationary Orbit
OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Access
OMCI ONU management and control interface specification
ONU Optical Network Unit
OPEX Operating Expenditures
PtMP Point-to-Multipoint
PtP Point-to-Point
PC Personal Computer
PDAs Personal Digital Assistants
PON Passive Optical Network
PPPs Public-Private Partnerships
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
QoS Quality of Service
RF Radio Frequency
RLAN Radio Local Area Network
RT Remote Terminal
SHDSL Symmetric High Speed DSL
TDD Time Division Duplex
TD-SCDMA Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access
USF Universal Service Fund
VoIP Voice-over-Internet Protocol
VDSL Very High-Speed DSL
VDSL2 Advanced version of VDSL
VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal
WAN Wide Area Network
WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
WCS Wireless Communication Services
WDM Wavelength Division Multiplex
WiFi Wireless Fidelity
WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
WMAN Wireless Metropolitan Access Network
XG-PON 10-Gigabit-capable passive optical networks
1. References used in the text of the World Bank publication that is included in Section 1.1 and excerpted from LMH-BWA (Document 25/2/4)
– Johnson, B., J. M.Manyika, and L. A. Yee. 2005. “The Next Revolution in Interactions.” McKinsey Quarterly 4: 20–33.
– Momentum Research Group. 2005. “Net Impact Latin America: From Connectivity to Productivity.” Momentum Research Group, Austin, TX..
– Clarke, George, and Scott Wallsten. 2006. “Has the Internet Increased Trade? Evidence from Industrial and Developing Countries.” Economic Inquiry 44 (3): 465–84.
– Sprint. 2006. “Sprint Mobile Broadband: Enhancing Productivity in the Insurance Industry and Beyond.” Sprint.
– Ford, George S., and Thomas M. Koutsky. 2005. “Broadband and Economic Development: A Municipal Case Study from Florida.” Applied Economic Studies (April): 1–17.
– Kelly, D. J. 2004. “A Study of Economic and Community Benefits of Cedar Falls, Iowa’s Municipal Telecommunications Network.” Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities, Ankeny, Iowa.
– Strategic Networks Group. 2003. “Economic Impact Study of the South Dundas Township Fiber Network.” Prepared for the U.K. Department of Trade and Industry, Ontario. .
– Zilber, Julie, David Schneier, and Philip Djwa. 2005. “You Snooze, You Lose: The Economic Impact of Broadband in the Peace River and South Similkameen Regions.” Prepared for Industry Canada, Ottawa.
– Qiang, Christine Zhen-Wei. 2009. “Telecommunications and Economic Growth.” Unpublished paper, World Bank, Washington, DC.
2. “Broadband: A Platform for Progress”, Full Report. Broadband Commission, 2011
3. “Broadband: A Platform for Progress”, Summary Broadband Commission, 2011
4. “A 2010 Leadership Imperative: The Future Built on Broadband”, Broadband Commission, 2010
5. “National Broadband/ICT Plans: Policy Objectives for Success” – Document 2/24 (Intel Corporation, United States)
6. “Affordable Broadband for Everyone” – Document 2/23 (Intel Corporation, United States)
7. Rev.1 of Supplement 1 to Handbook on Migration to IMT-2000 Systems (Document 25/2/2)
8. “Land Mobile (including Wireless Access) – Volume 5: Deployment of Broadband Wireless Access Systems”(LMH-BWA) – Document 25/2/4
9. Statistics and Strategic Action Plan of Telecommunication/ICT Development in Bangladesh: Rural and Remote Areas – Document 2/INF/36
10. Analysis of Factors that Influence both the Demand of Broadband Services and the Deployment of Broadband Networks – Document 2/INF/44 (Egypt)
11. “Ten Facts About Mobile Broadband” by Darrell West, Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings, 8 December 2011
12. “Mobile Backhaul – The Wireless Solution”, a White Paper by Transfinite Systems Ltd.
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