Glossary
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Band/Mode
The kind of wireless systems on which your mobile phone will work. Band refers to the phone's ability to operate within specific frequency ranges (800MHz digital or analog or 1900MHz PCS). Mode refers to the phone's ability to work with both analog and digital networks.

Bandwidth
The amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time.

Barge Call
A feature on a walkie-talkie phone that automatically connects to another party without the option to ignore the call. 		Base Station
The local cellular tower and radio antenna that handles communication with subscribers in a particular area or cell.

Bitmap
Characters or graphics represented by individual pixels arranged in horizontal and vertical order. Pixels are either represented by one bit (black and white) or up to 32 bits (high-definition color) .

Bits per Second (bps)
A measure of how fast binary digits can be sent through a channel. 		BREW™ (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) An open source application development platform for wireless devices equipped for CDMA technology. BREW makes it possible for developers to create portable applications downloadable over the air (wirelessly) that will work on any handsets equipped with CDMA chipsets.

Browser
A software application that allows access to the Internet.