Metropolitan Service Area - (MSA) An area defined by the U.S. government for use in grouping census data and other statistics. MSA's include a city of at least 50,000 people or an urbanized area of at least 100,000 people and the counties that include these areas. Not all areas of the United States are in an MSA. The FCC used these area definitions to license cellular telephone service carriers. There are 306 regions of the United States designated as MSA's.
Talk Time - The amount of time a fully charged battery will operate a Portable or Transportable phone while transmitting and receiving calls. Requires more power than Standby Time.
Tri-Mode Phone - Phones that work on three frequencies, typically using 1900 MHz, 800 MHz digital, or reverting to 800 MHz analog cellular when digital is not available. Also, these phones may have the ability to work on 900 MHz networks overseas.
Termination Charges - Fees that wireless telephone companies pay to complete calls on wireline phone net-works, or vice versa.
Area Code - A telephone number prefix designating a particular geographic calling area.
Standby Time - The amount of time a fully charged battery will operate a Portable or Transportable phone turned "ON" and waiting for a call to be placed or received. Requires less power than Talk Time. Example: Specification for a particular battery may offer 8 hours of Standby Time or 45 minutes of Talk Time.
Roaming Agreement - A reciprocal agreement between two carriers that allows for cellular customers of one system to use the other's system without having to preregister or use a credit card to place and receive calls.
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