XXN Abbreviation List 2023 –
Sr. No. Abbreviations Full Form
1 2G Second Generation
2 3G Third Generation
3 4G Fourth Generation
4 ARPU Average Revenue Per User
5 AWS Advanced Wireless Service
6 BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics
7 BRS Broadband Radio Service
8 CFR Code of Federal Regulations
9 CAPEX Capital Expenditures
10 CDC Centers for Disease Control
11 CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
12 CEO Chief Executive Officer
13 CMA Cellular Market Area
14 CMRS Commercial Mobile Radio Services
15 CPI Consumer Price Index
16 DA Delegated Authority
17 DAS Distributed Antenna System
18 DOJ Department of Justice
19 DSL Digital Subscriber Line
20 EA Economic Area
21 EBIT Earnings before Interest and Taxes
Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Debt, and
22 EBITDA
Amortization
23 EBS Educational Broadband Service
24 EDGE Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution
25 EHA Exclusive Handset Agreement
26 ETF Early Termination Fee
27 EV-DO Evolution Data Optimized
28 FCC Federal Communications Commission
29 FDD Frequency Division Duplex
30 FNPRM Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
31 FSS Frequency Spread Spectrum
32 FTC Federal Trade Commission
33 GAO Government Accountability Office
34 GB Gigabyte
35 GHz Gigahertz
36 GPRS General Packet Radio Service
37 GSM Global System for Mobile Communication
38 HHI Herfindhal -Hirschman Index
39 HSPA High Speed Packet Access
40 HTML Hyper Text Markup Language
41 HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
42 IB International Bureau
43 IDEN Integrated Digital Enhanced Network
44 ILEC Independent Local Exchange Carrier
Information Technology & Innovation
45 ITIF
Foundation
46 ITU International Telecommunication Union
47 kbps Kilobits per Second
48 LEC Local Exchange Carrier
49 LLC Limited Liability Corporation
50 LNP Local Number Portability
51 LTE Long Term Evolution
52 M2M Machine-to-Machine
53 MB Megabyte
54 Mbps Megabits per Second
55 MHz Megahertz
56 MIMO Multiple Input Multiple Output
57 MMS Multimedia Messaging Service
Minutes of use (average minutes of use per
58 MOUs
subscriber per month)
59 MSA Metropolitan Statistical Area
60 MSS Mobile Satellite Service
61 MTA Major Trading Area
62 MVNO Mobile Virtual Network Operator
63 NCHS National Center for Health Statistics
64 NFC Near-Field Communication
65 NHIS National Health Interview Survey
National Institute of Standards and
66 NIST
Technology
67 NOI Notice of Inquiry
the first six digits of a ten-digit telephone
68 NPA-NXX
number
69 NPAC Number Portability Administration Center
70 NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
71 NRUF Numbering Report / Utilization Forecast
National Telecommunications Cooperative
72 NTCA
Association
National Telecommunications and
73 NTIA
Information Administration
74 OBI Omnibus Broadband Initiative
75 OET Office of Engineering & Technology
76 OS Operating System
77 PC Personal Computer
78 PCS Personal Communications System
79 PN Public Notice
80 PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
81 PUC Public Utility Commission
82 R&D Research and Development
83 R&O Report and Order
84 RF Radio Frequency
85 RPM Revenue per Minute
86 RSA Rural Service Area
87 SEC Security and Exchange Commission
88 SIM Subscriber Identity Module
89 SMR Specialized Mobile Radio
90 SMS Short Message Service
91 TB Terabyte
92 TDD Time Division Duplex
93 TDM Time Division Multiplexing
94 TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
95 ULS Universal Licensing System
Universal Mobile Telecommunications
96 UMTS
System
97 US United States
98 USB Universal Serial Bus
99 USF Universal Service Fund
100 VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol
101 WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
102 WCS Wireless Communications Service
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave
103 WIMAX
Access
104 WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
105 WTB Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
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