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A grey route is a route used for sending SMS where the destination operator (on which the subscriber you are sending messages to is connected) does not get paid for the message. A grey route takes advantage of a legacy ‘sender keeps all’ policy in the GSM commercial framework, and although it is not regarded as fraudulent, it is frowned upon because it tends to be less reliable and is subject to immediate blocking by the destination operator. ... View more

General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a mobile data service available to users of GSM. It’s a legacy data technology that became available when 2.5G networks were rolled out. It’s the slowest form of IP connectivity that a phone can get at max 80 kbps (or about 7 mins to download one song), ... View more

Global Messaging Services (formerly called GMSU) (https://gms-worldwide.com/). ... View more

Gateway GPRS Support Node - part of the GSM infrastructure, the GGSN is responsible for the interoperation between the GPRS network and external packet switched networks. ... View more

General Data Protection Regulation is a new set of regulations in force from the 25th May 2018. These rules have been created to strengthen and protect the personal data of European Union (EU) data subjects and are designed to cover the rights of EU residents and citizens in terms of privacy, the protection of personal data, security of that data, and consumer consent in a world of increasing data flow between businesses and consumers across the world. ... View more

FTEU (Free to End User) enables enterprises to send messages in a way that ensures the end user does not get charged by the mobile operator. These fees are paid by the content provider/customer, that is, only the business sending the message is charged for the message. Some businesses, such as banks, healthcare providers and utility companies, choose to send messages as FTEU so that they can ensure their messages reach the subscriber without the subscriber incurring a charge for the message. While many mobile operators offer subscription models with unlimited or “free” texting, there may be exceptions, such as pre-paid accounts.    Example. “FREE MSG:“, meaning that the message doesn’t get charged to the end user's wireless phone bill.      ... View more

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government created by statute to regulate interstate communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable. ... View more

Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) is a GSMA standard for changing operators on a SIM card without replacing the SIM. ... View more

European Telecommunication Standards Institute - ETSI is an independent, not-for-profit, standardization organization in the field of information and communications. ETSI supports the development and testing of global technical standards for ICT-enabled systems, applications and services. ... View more

Eastern Standard Time - EST is 5 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), that is, it's time offset is UTC-5. ... View more

External Short Message Entity. The ESME receives a message from a customer. A connection is established with an SMSC, and then that message forwarded on to the SMSC for delivery to a destination recipient. You are an ESME. ... View more

Electronic Numbering Mapping is a protocol used to translate E.164 telephone numbers (that is, standard telephone numbers like +447786852522) into a format that can be used in Internet communications. ... View more

End user refers to the recipient of a message. End users can also be referred to as consumers or subscribers. ... View more

Enhanced Messaging Service - An EMS-enabled mobile phone can send and receive messages that have special text formatting (such as bold or italic), animations, pictures, icons, sound effects and special ring tones. EMS messages that are sent to devices that do not support it will be displayed as SMS transmissions. EMS is a cross-industry collaboration between Ericsson, Motorola, Siemens and Alcatel, among others. ... View more

External Machine Interface. ... View more