| Abkürzung | Beschreibung |
| AAI | Analog Audio Interface |
| ADC | Analog-to-Digital Converter |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| ARP | Antenna Reference Point |
| ASC | Asynchronous serial interface |
| AWS | Advanced Wireless Services |
| CE | Conformité Européene (European Conformity) |
| CS | Coding Scheme |
| CS | Circuit Switched |
| CSD | Circuit Switched Data |
| DAC | Digital-to-Analog Converter |
| DAI | Digital Audio Interface |
| DCS | Digital Cellular System |
| DL | Download |
| dnu | Do not use |
| DRX | Discontinuous Reception |
| DSB | Development Support Board |
| DTX | Discontinuous Transmission |
| EDGE | Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution |
| EGSM | Extended GSM |
| EMC | Electromagnetic Compatibility |
| ESD | Electrostatic Discharge |
| ETS | European Telecommunication Standard |
| ETSI | European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
| FDD | Frequency Division Duplex |
| GPIO | General Purpose Input/Output |
| GPRS | General Packet Radio Service |
| GSM | Global Standard for Mobile Communications |
| HiZ | High Impedance |
| HSDPA | High Speed Downlink Packet Access |
| I/O | Input/Output |
| I2C | Inter-Integrated Circuit |
| IMEI | International Mobile Equipment Identity |
| ISO | International Standards Organization |
| ITU | International Telecommunications Union |
| kbps | kbits per second |
| LED | Light Emitting Diode |
| LGA | Land Grid Array |
| LTE | Long term evolution |
| MBB | Moisture barrier bag |
| Mbps | Mbits per second |
| MCS | Modulation and Coding Scheme |
| MIMO | Multiple Input Multiple Output |
| MLCC | Multi Layer Ceramic Capacitor |
| MO | Mobile Originated |
| MS | Mobile Station, also referred to as TE |
| MSL | Moisture Sensitivity Level |
| MT | Mobile Terminated |
| nc | Not connected |
| NTC | Negative Temperature Coefficient |
| PBCCH | Packet Switched Broadcast Control Channel |
| PCB | Printed Circuit Board |
| PCM | Pulse-Code Modulation |
| PCL | Power Control Level |
| PCS | Personal Communication System, also referred to as GSM 1900 |
| PD | Pull Down resistor (appr. 100k) |
| PDU | Protocol Data Unit |
| PS | Packet Switched |
| PSK | Phase Shift Keying |
| PWM | Pulse-Width Modulation |
| PU | Pull Up resistor (appr. 100k) |
| QAM | Quadrature Amplitude Modulation |
| R&TTE | Radio and Telecommunication Terminal Equipment |
| RF | Radio Frequency |
| rfu | Reserved for future use |
| RTC | Real Time Clock |
| Rx | Receive Direction |
| SAR | Specific Absorption Rate |
| SELV | Safety Extra Low Voltage |
| SIM | Subscriber Identification Module |
| SMD | Surface Mount Device |
| SMS | Short Message Service |
| SMT | Surface Mount Technology |
| SPI | Serial Peripheral Interface |
| SRAM | Static Random Access Memory |
| SRB | Signalling Radio Bearer |
| TE | Terminal Equipment |
| TPC | Transmit Power Control |
| TS | Technical Specification |
| Tx | Transmit Direction |
| UL | Upload |
| UMTS | Universal Mobile Telecommunications System |
| URC | Unsolicited Result Code |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| UICC | USIM Integrated Circuit Card |
| USIM | UMTS Subscriber Identification Module |
| WCDMA | Wideband Code Division Multiple Access |