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: | Broadband bandwidth download speed |
| related index entries: | BANDWIDTH |
NETIQUETTE
Etiquette for online communications - intended to help reduce misunderstandings and offense being caused by not appreciating how others might interpret email or forum 'shorthand'.
| external links: | E-mail etiquette Netiquette home page |
| information sheets: | business email applications and services Netiquette: e-mail and forum etiquette |
| 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: | virtual communities as a business network |
| 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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