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standby time

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

The amount of time you can leave your fully charged cellular portable or transportable phone turned on before the phone will completely discharge the batteries. See Talk Time.

stratospheric platform

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

Blimp-like platform for wireless telephone service in urban areas.

The concept that a wireless 911 call should be routed to the cell site with the strongest link to the phone, regardless of which carrier holds the caller as a customer. A shortcoming is that strength ...

subscriber fraud

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

Securing wireless service with intent to avoid payment. This is different from bad debt, which occurs when a known person or company has a payment obligation overdue and the debt cannot be collected.

subscriber identity module (SIM)

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

A card inserted into a GSM/TDMA or GSM-only handset containing subscriber-related data. The card contains 18 digits for GSM markets and 20 digits for TDMA markets.

subscriber profiling

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

Compiling subscriber usage information (such as frequency of calls, locations called to or from and monthly airtime usage), to identify potentially fraudulent use or to identify customers likely to ...