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Common Short Code - see entry for Common Short Code (CSC). ... View more

Change Request Board - All changes to functionality must be submitted to a Change Request Board for approval. ... View more

Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) is a cloud based platform that enables developers to add real-time communication features (such as Voice, Video and SMS) into their own applications without needing to build backend infrastructure and interfaces. ... View more

Coverage is a term used to describe where (what countries and regions) and which mobile operators your account or service can use for sending and or receiving messages. To understand the coverage available on your account, log in and select pricing for the service you wish to get coverage information on. Coverage can fluctuate over time depending on market changes. ... View more

When a customer request for pricing they want pricing to wireless subscribers in a country. This is the blended price of all operators in a country. ... View more

Identification Number for a country. ... View more

A country code is part of a comprehensive numbering plan, E.164, established by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), defined to support interoperability among the supported networks of its members. For example, 44 is the country code for United Kingdom numbers and 1 is the country code for US and Canadian numbers.   The standard defines a country calling code (aka country code) for each state or region which is prefixed to each national numbering plan’s telephone number to support a standard for international destination routing. ... View more

A company that creates and offers content, for example, graphic products, ringtones, games, news, information and entertainment services, and so on. ... View more

A product offered (by a content provider) in a service to a subscriber. Content is typically mobile-related, such as a ringtones, wallpaper, or Java games; however, content may also be non-mobile, or subscription-related. ... View more

The process used for verifying a mobile subscriber’s intention, and for gaining the subscriber’s explicit agreement to participate in a mobile program/initiative. ... View more

A standard plain text SMS can contain up to 160 characters, but it is possible to send multiple SMS joined together to form one single long message. Using this method, long messages are split into smaller messages by the sending device and recombined at the receiving end. Each message is then billed separately. When the feature works properly, it is nearly transparent to the user, appearing as a single long text message. This type of message is referred to as many things - a long SMS, a multipart SMS, an extended SMS, or a concatenated SMS. ... View more

Short numeric numbers (typically 4~6 digits) to which text messages can be sent from a mobile phone. Wireless subscribers send text messages to common short codes with relevant keywords to access a wide variety of mobile content. ... View more

Serial ports. ... View more

A Coder / Decoder (CODEC) is a device or computer program for encoding or decoding a digital data stream or signal. ... View more

The SMPP standard and interface created by the IT company CMG for their own SMSC. The most common usage for CMG SMPP is when people talk about Logica SMSC. However, the SMPP version 3.3 (CMG/Logica) and the public SMPP version 3.4 (and later) are in most systems compatible with each other. ... View more