Terms, Namps, Carrier – Panasonic NAMPS HH950 User Manual
Page 21: Home carrier, Automatic roaming (roam), Credit card roaming (roam), Follow-me roaming, Wireline carrier (w/l), Non-wireline carrier (n-w/l), Terms -14
Attention! The text in this document has been recognized automatically. To view the original document, you can use the "Original mode".
Terms
NAMPS:
Narrow-Band AMPS. A high-capacity cellular technology
which operates on 2,412 channels, as opposed to 832
channels on standard AMPS systems.
Carrier:
This is the cellular service provider. The carrier can be
associated with your local telephone company or an
independent company.
Home Carrier:
The system to which your dealer registers your phone.
Roaming:
Using your cellular phone on any carrier to which it is not
registered.
Automatic Roaming (ROAM):
If a carrier in a city which you are visiting has an agreement
with your home system, bills are charged to your account in
your home system automatically.
Credit Card Roaming (ROAM);
If the system in which you are roaming does not have
automatic roaming, you can use your credit card for billing
purposes.
Follow-Me Roaming:
An available service which allows your calls to "follow" you
to the city in which you are roaming. This means calls
made to your seven digit local mobile number are
automatically forwarded to the city where you are presently
traveling.
Wireline Carrier (W/L):
Your local telephone company.
Non-Wireline Carrier (N-W/L):
The cellular company in an area which is not associated
with the local telephone company.
1-14 Terms
Introduction