UK Telecoms and ICT Index and Links - N
- NARROWBAND
- NETIQUETTE
- NETWORK
- NETWORK INTERCONNECTION SERVICE
- NEWSGROUP
- NIACT - Northern Ireland Advisory Committee on Telecommunications
- NON-GEOGRAPHIC NUMBER
- NUMBER PORTABILITY
NARROWBAND
A service or connection allowing only a limited amount of information to be conveyed, for example a modem connection or even two channel ISDN.
| features: | Battle of the Bandwidths |
| related index entries: | BANDWIDTH |
| external links: | E-mail etiquette Netiquette home page |
| information sheets: | Netiquette: minding your e-mail Ps and Qs Using e-mail in your business |
| related index entries: | E-MAIL or ELECTRONIC MAIL VIRTUAL COMMUNITY |
NETWORK INTERCONNECTION SERVICE
A network service sold to another network operator, such as by BT to other licensed operators who use the BT infrastructure. Customers of one system can hence connect to customers of the other, or access services provided from the other system.
NEWSGROUP
The discussion areas of the Internet, part of a system called Usenet.
| external links: | Deja [Usenet search engine] Now Google |
| information sheets: | Using the Internet as a virtual community |
| related index entries: | VIRTUAL COMMUNITY |
NIACT - Northern Ireland Advisory Committee on Telecommunications
Established under the 1984 Telecommunications Act to advise Oftel on any matter concerning regulation of the telecoms industry in Northern Ireland. Awaiting the revival of something similar under Ofcom.
| external links: | NIACT Northern Ireland Advisory Committee on Telecommunications became defunct after Oftel was absorbed by Ofcom |
| related index entries: | ACTs - Advisory Committees on Telecommunications |
NON-GEOGRAPHIC NUMBER
A telephone number used to identify a type of service rather than a geographical location, such as freephone (080X), local call rate (084X), national call rate (087X) and premium rate (09X) services. Mobile, pager and personal numbers (07X) are also non-geographic numbers.
NUMBER PORTABILITY
Number portability between operators enables a customer to transfer from one operator to a second operator and retain the same number, provided the customer remains at the same address. It is obligatory between mobile operators.
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