Aussie Phone Brokers - Telecommunications Glossary
'R' Glossary Terms
- Radio Frequency
- See RF.
- RATE - Remote Australia Telecommunications Enhancement Program
- Discontinued upgrade project for remote radio communications systems used in place of the standard telephone system. Ended approx. 2004.
- Rebill Service
- A telephone service provider takes over the collection and billing of services which they do not own or lease. Landlines: Where the service provider does not own or maintain the connection to the premises, rebill items are typically phone line rental and local call costs. Billable items, where the service may be typically owned or leased are: STD calls (long distance calls, NDD calls), Calls to Mobiles, and International Calls. Mobiles: Where the service provider is not a mobile carrier, rebill items are all charges which are not usage charges.
- Regional Call
- STD call (also called NDD - National Direct Dialled), which is not an intercapital call. Regional call rates and intercapital call rates have been phased out of common use, in favour of a single rate for any STD call.
- Regional Connect
- One-way satellite broadband download link with an ISDN2 landline upload link. Capacities of upload speeds are being superseded by use of two-way satellite broadband.
- Regional Mobile Phone Program
- Former government program aimed at providing greater access to affordable mobile telecommunications in areas without terrestrial services. Begun in 2001, ended 2004 or earlier.
- Reseller
- See Rebill Service.
- Residential Customer
- Telephone user who is not a business customer.
- Residential Phone Lines
- A residential premises typically has only two phone lines installed. More phone lines may be installed at the cost of the customer.
- RF - Radio Frequency (Telecommunications)
- Wireless communication technology using the radio band of the EMS (Electromagnetic Spectrum).
- RFI - Radio Frequency Interference
- Interference to a radio communications signal. This interference (noise) may be caused by ambient radio-frequency EMR (Electromagnetic Radiation) or by other electrical devices producing electromagnetic radiation in the radio frequency range. Also called RF Noise.
- RIM - Remote Integrated Multiplexer
- Pair Gain device, which allows multiple lines to be multiplexed and delivered back into another (often larger) exchange. Commonly used to provision telephone services where the existing lines are inadequate due to demand.
- Ringing Tone
- Also called a Ringback Tone. Tone which denotes that the call has reached its destination and is ringing. Some mobile phone service providers have introduced a service where users can customise their ringing tone. Not to be confused with a Ringtone, below.
- Ringtone
- Sound alert to signal an incoming alert or message. See also Monophonic Ringtones and Polyphonic Ringtones. Not to be confused with a Ringing Tone, above.
- Roaming
- Connection of a mobile phone to an alternate network, while out of range from the preselected network. Roaming applies both domestically (eg. Vodafone mobiles roaming onto the Telstra network in selected country areas) and Internationally (eg. Telstra mobiles being used in London). Roaming charges are subject to agreements between carriers, and International Roaming charges are typically very high.
- Roaming Agreement
- The agreement between two wireless carriers. The agreement defines roaming service capabilities and the charging structure for roaming service.
- Router
- Device which directs data packet transfers along its available network paths. It examines the destination of a data packet and determines the most appropriate network point to which a data packet should be sent next. Determination of the best routing path is aided by network information received and stored by the router. A router may be a hardware or software (less common) device.
- RTI - Regional Telecommunications Inquiry
- Former inquiry and report, finished in November 2002, which assessed telecommunications services in regional, rural and remote Australia.
These pages contains commonly used terms and their definitions for the Australian telecommunications industry. The terms found here refer to the ICT industry (Information and Communication Technology), IT industry (Information Technology) and the general Telecommunications Industry - including Mobile Telecommunications, Fixed Line services and IP telecommunications.
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