Roaming: The ability to use your cellular phone outside your usual service area – when traveling outside of the home service area defined by a service provider. Higher per-minute rates are usually charged for calls made or received while roaming. Long distance rates and a daily access fee may also apply.

 

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Roaming: The ability to use your cellular phone outside your usual service area – when traveling outside of the home service area defined by a service provider. Higher per-minute rates are usually ch . . . View Full Definition

Roaming Agreement: An agreement between two or more wireless telephone companies outlining the terms and conditions under which the participating companies will provide wireless service to each others subscrib . . . View Full Definition

Intelligent Roaming Database (IRDB): A list of acceptable and unacceptable networks for a phone to roam with stored either on a SIM card or in the phone.

Visitor Location Register (VLR): A network database that holds information about roaming wireless customers.

Wireless Intelligent Network (WIN): The architecture needed to match the capabilities of the wireline intelligent network. In addition to transparent roaming, selective call screening, short message service and pre-paid billin . . . View Full Definition

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS): The goal of UMTS is to enable networks that offer true global roaming and can support a wide range of voice, data and multimedia services. A new-generation technology for rapidly moving data . . . View Full Definition

Astral Traveling: This roaming of the spiritual self while the physical body remains inert; involves the body's chakras.

Smart Card: A plastic card containing important data about a person's identity to allow access to a network or premises. Also, a card containing subscriber information, often inserted into GSM phones fo . . . View Full Definition

Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN): A system that allows a wireless user to make and receive phone calls while roaming in areas outside the user's home network. AINs enable service providers to define, test and introduce new m . . . View Full Definition

North American Cellular Network (NACN): An organization of cellular providers that facilitates cellular calls across the country to be linked for seamless roaming.