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Vapn (Virtual Access To Private Networks) |
| A networking scheme that uses public network facilities to extend private network calling to remote sites |
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Vdsl |
| (Very High-Speed Digital Subscriber Line) A Very, high-speed, digital telephone line that provides for 50 mbps transmission rate in both directions. |
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Vendor |
| Seller of telecommunications services and or equipment. |
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Virtual Network |
| A network programmed, not fixed in facilities, to meet customers' specifications. These networks are the public switched networks provided by the interexchange carriers. |
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Vlr |
| (Visitor Location Registry) A network database that holds information about roaming customers |
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Voice Mail |
| An automatic answering service with the ability to record a message. Unlike simple answering machines, Voice mail uses a programmable computer system with options such as temporary call routing, monitoring and reporting, etc. |
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Voice Mail Box |
| The assignment of one user/number on a voice mail system. |
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Voice Mail Or Voice Messaging |
| A computerized, highly sophisticated answering service that automatically answers a call, plays a greeting in the customer's own voice and records a message. Depending on the sophistication of the service, it also can notify the customer via a pager that he has received a call. After the customer have retrieved his messages, he can delete them, save them, reply to them or forward them to someone else on the voice mail system. CenturyTel offers this service as an enhancement to its cellular and paging products. |
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Voice Recognition |
| The capability for cellular phones, PCs and other communications devices to be activated or controlled by voice commands. |
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Voice-Activated Dialing |
| A feature that permits the customer to dial a number by calling the digits out to his cellular phone, instead of punching them in himself. The technology has advanced to the point that several models of mobile phones are now offered with the feature, which contributes to convenience as well as driving safety. |
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