ESW
Software Agent – An obsolete software switch that enabled communication between the user equipment and a private edge network. With Alef’s MNaaS you no longer need a software agent.
GPRS
General Packet Radio Service – General Packet Radio Service is a 3GPP-specified packet oriented mobile data standard on the 2G and 3G cellular communication network’s global system for mobile communications. GPRS was established by European Telecommunications Standards Institute in response to the earlier CDPD and i-mode packet-switched cellular technologies.
HSS
Home Subscriber Server – A network element of EPC that contains user related and subscription related information in a centralized database.
ICCID
Integrated Circuit Card Identifier – The number used by the network operator to identify the SIM card.
IMSI
International Mobile Subscriber Identity – A unique number used to recognize the carrier being used by your mobile device.
IoT
Internet of Things – Physical objects with the ability to connect and exchange data with each other over the Internet. A network of objects that are embedded with sensors, processing ability, software, to connect to and exchange data with other such objects or networks.