UMTS

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Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

NIST SP 800-101 Rev. 1, NIST SP 800-187, NISTIR 8196

Definitions:

a third-generation (3G) mobile phone technologies standardized by the 3GPP as the successor to GSM.
Sources:
NISTIR 7250 under Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
NISTIR 7387 under Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

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