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2. Mobile Telephone Switching Office - Wikipedia

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   The Mobile Telephone Switching Office (MTSO) is the mobile equivalent of a PSTN Central Office. The MTSO contains the switching equipment or Mobile Switching Center (MSC) for routing mobile phone calls. It also contains the equipment for controlling the cell sites that are connected to the MSC. The systems in the MTSO are the heart of a ...

3. Telephone exchange - Wikipedia

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   Telephone exchange. A telephone operator manually connecting calls with cord pairs at a telephone switchboard. A modern central office, equipped with voice communication and broadband data capabilities. A telephone exchange, also known as a telephone switch or central office, is a crucial component in the public switched telephone network (PSTN ...

4. Public land mobile network - Wikipedia

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   Public land mobile network. In telecommunication, a public land mobile network ( PLMN) is a combination of wireless communication services offered by a specific operator in a specific country. [1] [2] A PLMN typically consists of several cellular technologies like GSM / 2G, UMTS / 3G, LTE / 4G, NR/5G, offered by a single operator within a given ...

5. Plain old telephone service - Wikipedia

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   Plain old telephone service. Plain Old Telephone Service ( POTS ), or Plain Ordinary Telephone System, [1] is a retronym for voice-grade telephone service employing analog signal transmission over copper loops. Originally POTS stood for Post Office Telephone Service as early phone lines in most parts of the world were operated directly by the ...

6. Cellular network - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. A cellular network or mobile network is a telecommunications network where the link to and from end nodes is wireless and the network is distributed over land areas called cells, each served by at least one fixed-location transceiver (typically three cell sites or base transceiver stations ). These base stations provide the cell with ...

7. Verizon (mobile network) - Wikipedia

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   Verizon. Verizon is an American wireless network operator that previously operated as a separate division of Verizon Communications under the name Verizon Wireless. In a 2019 reorganization, Verizon moved the wireless products and services into the divisions Verizon Consumer and Verizon Business, and stopped using the Verizon Wireless name.

8. Mobile phone signal - Wikipedia

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   Mobile phone signal. A mobile phone signal (also known as reception and service) is the signal strength (measured in dBm) received by a mobile phone from a cellular network (on the downlink ). Depending on various factors, such as proximity to a tower, any obstructions such as buildings or trees, etc. this signal strength will vary.

9. Cell site - Wikipedia

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   A cell site, cell phone tower, cell base tower, or cellular base station is a cellular -enabled mobile device site where antennas and electronic communications equipment are placed (typically on a radio mast, tower, or other raised structure) to create a cell, or adjacent cells, in a cellular network. The raised structure typically supports ...