Europe: Definition according to (1999/5/EC):
"technical construction file" means a file describing the apparatus and providing information and explanations as to how the applicable essential requirements have been implemented;
Telecommunication Conformity Assessment and Market Surveillance Committee (TCAM)
Europe: Regulatory and advisory committee established in the RTTE Directive (1999/5/EC)
Europe: Definition according to (90/388/EEC) AS AMENDED:
"telecommunications network" means the transmission equipment and, where applicable, switching equipment and other resources which permit the conveyance of signals between defined termination points by wire, by radio, by optical or by other electromagnetic means.
Definition according to (97/33/EC):
"telecommunications network" means transmission systems and, where applicable, switching equipment and other resources which permit the conveyance of signals between defined termination points by wire, by radio, by optical or by other electromagnetic means
Telecommunications organizations
Europe: Defintion according to (90/388/EEC) AS AMENDED:
"telecommunications organizations" means public or private bodies, and the subsidiaries they control, to which a Member State grants special or exclusive rights for the provision of a public telecommunications network and, when applicable, telecommunications services ;
Definition according to (90/387/EEC):
'telecommunications organizations' means public or private bodies, to which a Member State grants special or exclusive rights for the provision of a public telecommunications network and, where applicable, public telecommunications services
Telecommunications sector of the ITU. (ITU-T)
Telecommunications terminal equipment
Europe: Definition according to (1999/5/EC):
"telecommunications terminal equipment" means a product enabling communication or a relevant component thereof which is intended to be connected directly or indirectly by any means whatsoever to interfaces of public telecommunications networks (that is to say, telecommunications networks used wholly or partly for the provision of publicly available telecommunications services);
Europe: Generic term for applications allowing subscribers over a wireless link between a handset or other radiocommunications device to place calls via the public network infrastructure, but not generally to receive calls. Standards currently used for these applications include in particular CT2 and, in future, DECT.
Europe: Definition according to directive (89/552/EEC)
"Television advertising" means any form of announcement broadcast in return for payment or for similar consideration by a public or private undertaking in connection with a trade, business, craft or profession in order to promote the supply of goods or services, including immovable property, or rights and obligations, in return for payment. Except for the purposes of Article 18, this does not include direct offers to the public for the sale, purchase or rental of products or for the provision of services in return for payment
Europe: Definition according to directive (89/552/EEC)
"Television broadcasting" means the initial transmission by wire or over the air, including that by satellite, in unencoded or encoded form, of television programmes intended for reception by the public. It includes the communication of programmes between undertakings with a view to their being relayed to the public. It does not include communication services providing items of information or other messages on individual demand such as telecopying, electronic data banks and other similar services
Europe: Definition according to (90/388/EEC) AS AMENDED
"telex service" means the commercial provision for the public of direct transmission of telex messages in accordance with the relevant Comité consultatif international télégraphique et téléphonique (CCITT) recommendation between public switched network termination points, enabling any user to use equipment connected to such a network termination point in order to communicate with another termination point
Definition according to (90/387/EEC)
'telex service' means the commercial provision for the public of direct transport of telex messages in accordance with the relevant 'Comité consultatif international télégraphique et téléphonique' (CCITT) recommendation via the public switched network or networks, whereby any user can use equipment connected to a network termination point to communicate with another user using another termination point
Terrestrial Flight Telephone System (TFTS)
Europe: A digital APC standard developed by ETSI and now entering into service with a number of airlines. The system comprises airborne equipment and a series of ground stations through which telephone calls can be initiated by users whilst in flight.
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
Special coding technique for digital radio transmission whereby information in digital form is packaged and transmitted during pre-arranged time periods, the total number of active users having one time slot for each "frame" or repetition period. The packaged information is rearranged so that speech and data appears continuous. TDMA is the transmission technique used inter alia for the GSM system.
"Top Level Domain" ("TLD") means the highest level of domain name hierarchy as defined in RFC 1591
(MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING on the Generic Top Level Domain Name Space of the Internet Space of the Internet Domain Name System (gTLD - MoU)).
Total Access Communications (TACS)
an Analogue Cellular System standard.
Europe: Definition according to 2002/58/EC - Data Protection Directive
'traffic data' means any data processed for the purpose of the conveyance of a communication on an electronic communications network or for the billing thereof;
Definition according to Com(2000)385:
'traffic data' shall mean any data processed in the course of or for the purpose of the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network;
Trans European Trunked Radio (TETRA)
Europe: Digital trunked mobile PAMR standard being developed by ETSI. TETRA is a mobile communications system to be used for applications on a shared basis, such as by closed user groups.
Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue (TABD)
Long-distance and international carriers that carry trunk (volume) traffic between different European locations (or Points of Presence).
Generic term for interconnected networks and services available on a pan-European basis.
Europe: Definition according to 2002/21/EC - Framework Directive
"transnational markets" means markets identified in accordance with Article 15(4) covering the Community or a substantial part thereof.Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)