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Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
Branche: Telecommunications
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ATIS is the leading technical planning and standards development organization committed to the rapid development of global, market-driven standards for the information, entertainment and communications industry.
A communications technique in which radio users share one wide frequency band instead of each user's being assigned a narrow band.
Industry:Telecommunications
A communications technique that uses a common channel (multipoint or broadcast) for communications among multiple users by allocating unique time slots to different users. Note: TDMA is used extensively in satellite systems, local area networks, physical security systems, and combat-net radio systems. 2. A multiple access technique whereby users share a transmission medium by being assigned and using (one at a time) for a limited number of time division multiplexed channels; implies that several transmitters use one channel for sending several bit streams.
Industry:Telecommunications
A compact disc format that provides audio, digital data, still graphics, and limited motion video, and that accepts variable user input to generate correspondingly variable output.
Industry:Telecommunications
A compact label for image files, created using a universally accepted algorithm, that (a) identifies the encoding standard, (b) specifies the length of the file, (c) indicates whether a readable descriptor is included, (d) permits random interception of data stream, and (d) offers optional error protection.
Industry:Telecommunications
A company that enters a market area as a competitive service provider (CAP) to provide exchange service in competition with one or more existing exchange carrier (s) in the same market area.
Industry:Telecommunications
A company that provides exchange access services in competition with an established U. S. Telephone local exchange carrier.
Industry:Telecommunications
A company that provides wireless telecommunication service to customers, e.g., cellular service providers, radio common carriers, paging companies.
Industry:Telecommunications
A company that provides, via a connection to an exchange carrier, services that add value to voice and/or data information.
Industry:Telecommunications
A company that redistributes the services of a commercial carrier and retails the services to the public.
Industry:Telecommunications
A company that sells the services of a value-added network.
Industry:Telecommunications