| Type | Name | Description | More | Company |
| Acronym | AB | As Built Drawings | As-built drawings are produced by the contractor and compared with the original design documents to identify any changes made during construction. | - All - |
| Abbreviation | AB_Issd | As Built Drawings Issued Date | The Date the Drawings were issued by the Design Office or Design Administration to the Distribution list defined with the design process | - All - |
| Acronym | ACR | Additional Cost Report | Report detailing additional costs | - All - |
| Acronym | ADC | Acquisition Design and Construction | The Process from Initial site search through Acquisition, Design, Planning and Construction. | - All - |
| Abbreviation | Apvd | Approved | | - All - |
| Acronym | ASC | Area Sites Controller | | - All - |
| Acronym | ATI | Authority to Invoice (GRN) | A number or communication, usually from the client, to allow a company to proceed and raise an invoice on works identified on a previous Purchase Order | - All - |
| Acronym | ATLAS | Acquisition Telecoms Logistical Acquisition Solution | An in-house Project Management and Resource Planning system for all site instructions within the core operations - Acquisition, Planning, Design, Construction and Estate Management. Powered by Microsoft Jet Database Engine. | - All - |
| Acronym | ATP | Access Transmission Project | Joint Venture between Siemens and Vodafone to dish link existing networks. | - All - |
| Acronym | BAU | Business As Usual | General Term for normal projects within Company | - All - |
| Acronym | BRN | Build Request Notice | | - All - |
| Acronym | BSC | Base station Controller | The BSC handles allocation of radio channels, receives measurements from the mobile phones, controls handovers from BTS to BTS | - All - |
| Acronym | BTS | Base Transceiver Station | Contains the equipment for transmitting and receiving of radio signals (transceivers), antennas, and equipment for encrypting and decrypting communications with the base station controller (BSC). | CAIP Ltd |
| Acronym | CAD | Computer Aided Design | Computer-Aided Design (CAD) is the use of computer technology to aid in the design and particularly the drafting (technical drawing and engineering drawing) of a part or product, including entire buildings. | - All - |
| Acronym | CASR | Confirmation of Accepted Site Requirements | | - All - |
| Acronym | CCI | Crown Castle International | Former name of National Grid Wireless | - All - |
| Acronym | CDM | Construction Design and Management | The CDM 2007 Regulations apply to most common building, civil engineering and engineering construction work. If required, the HSE should be notified in writing before construction work starts using an from F10. | - All - |
| Description | Cellnet | Cellnet | Now called O2, were one of the original two analogue networks setup back in the mid eighties. | O2 |
| Acronym | CM | Construction Manager | | - All - |
| Acronym | CSR | Confirmation of Site Requirements | | - All - |
| Acronym | CVI | | | - All - |
| Acronym | D&B | Design and Build | The Design and Build Process of a site that has previously been legally Acquired. | - All - |
| Acronym | DD | Detailed Design Drawings | | - All - |
| Abbreviation | DD_Issd | Detailed Design Issued Date | The Date the Drawings were issued by the Design Office or Design Administration to the Distribution list defined with the design process | - All - |
| Acronym | DNO | Distribution Network Operator (Supersedes REC) | Companies licensed to distribute electricity in Great Britain by the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets. | - All - |
| Acronym | DNS | Domain Name Server | hierarchical naming system for computers, services, or any resource participating in the Internet. It associates various information with domain names assigned to such participants. | - All - |
| Acronym | DNS | Discreet Neighbourhood Site | | - All - |
| Acronym | DPR | Department Performance Report | | - All - |
| Acronym | DSA | Direct/Designated Search Area | | - All - |
| Acronym | EAA | Early Access Agreement | | CAIP Ltd |
| Acronym | EAL | Early Access Letter | | - All - |
| Description | Enhancer | Boosts a low signal between Masts | | - All - |
| Acronym | EULA | End User License Agreement | | - All - |
| Description | F10 | F10 Form | Form to notify the HSE of a proposed construction project | - All - |
| Abbreviation | Fcast | Forecast e.g. Fcast Access = Forecast Access | | - All - |
| Acronym | FEA | Final Engineering Approval | | - All - |
| Acronym | FP | Full Planning (Unlimited Time) | | - All - |
| Acronym | GA | General Arrangement (Drawing) | High Level Drawings showing the General layout of the site. | - All - |
| Acronym | GAA | General Arrangement Approval | Client Approval of the General Arrangement Drawings | - All - |
| Acronym | GDO or GPDO | General Permitted (Development) Order-56days | The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 is a Statutory Instrument which sets out what is Permitted Development. ie what can be built without obtaining planning permission. It was made under powers granted by the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Coal Industry Act 1994 and came into force on 3 June 1995. | - All - |
| Acronym | GF | Green Field | A piece of previously undeveloped land, in a city or rural area, either currently used for agriculture, landscape design, or just left to nature. | - All - |
| Acronym | GLN | Greater London | | - All - |
| Acronym | GRN | Good Received Note | A record of goods at the point of receipt, or authorisation to invoice (ATI) | - All - |
| Acronym | GSS | Group Selecting Sites | | Smart IT Solutions |
| Acronym | H&S | Health and Safety | | - All - |
| Acronym | HCS | Home Counties South | | O2 |
| Acronym | HOT's | Head of Term's | | - All - |
| Acronym | HSE | Health and Safety Executive | A Government Organisation who's job is to protect people against risks to health or safety arising out of work activities. Provides advice, guidance, regulations and inspections. | - All - |
| Acronym | HTML | Hyper Text Markup Language | the predominant markup language for web pages. It provides a means to describe the structure of text-based information in a document—by denoting certain text as links, headings, paragraphs, lists, etc | - All - |
| Acronym | I&C | Installation and Commissioning | | - All - |
| Acronym | ICNIRP | International Council on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection | The ICNIRP standard is used in most European countries and is gaining acceptance in many other countries throughout the world outside of North America. | - All - |
| Acronym | IDE | Integrated Development Environment | Software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development. | - All - |
| Acronym | IEA | Initial Engineers Approval | | - All - |
| Acronym | IP (Address) | Internet Protocol (Address) | Used for communicating data across a packet-switched internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite, also referred to as TCP/IP | - All - |
| Acronym | ISSA | Issue Site Share Application | | - All - |
| Abbreviation | Issd | Issued | | - All - |
| Acronym | ISSF | Initial Site Survey Form | | - All - |
| Acronym | LBC | Listed Building Consent | Listed Building Consent is required in order to carry out any works to a Listed Building which will affect its special value for listing purposes. This will almost certainly be necessary for any major works, but may also be necessary for minor alterations and possibly even repairs and maintenance. | - All - |
| Acronym | LD | Legal Drawings / Lease Drawings | | - All - |
| Abbreviation | LD_Issd | Legal / Lease Drawings Issued Date | The Date the Drawings were issued by the Design Office or Design Administration to the Distribution list defined with the design process | - All - |
| Acronym | LL | Landlord | | - All - |
| Acronym | LN | Licensed Notification | Process to advise the LPA of permitted development under Class A Part 24 of the Town and County Planning Order 1985. | - All - |
| Acronym | LOS | Line of Sight | Line-of-sight transmission means the transmitting and receiving antennae can "see" each other and transmit directly without the need of a repeater. | - All - |
| Acronym | LOSS | Line of Sight Survey | A Survey to establish the Line of Sight between two given points. | - All - |
| Acronym | LOV | List of Values | | - All - |
| Acronym | LPA | Local Planning Authority | The statutory authority (usually the local council) whose duty it is to carry out the planning function for its area. | - All - |
| Acronym | LTA | O2 Term for Heads of Terms (HOTS) | | O2 |
| Description | MBNL | Consolidation joint venture between 3 UK and T-Mobile (UK) | 50/50 joint venture company owned by 3 UK and T-Mobile (UK). Was formed for network consolidation on the 18th December 2007. | - All - |
| Acronym | MIS | Management Information system | | - All - |
| Acronym | MRP | Material Requirements Planning | software based production planning and inventory control system used to manage manufacturing processes. | - All - |
| Acronym | MSA | Multi Site Agreement | A legal agreement, Early Access Letter of Heads of Terms that covers a large number of sites. | - All - |
| Acronym | MSDN | Microsoft Development Network | | Microsoft Corporation |
| Acronym | MSO | Major Site Owner | | - All - |
| Acronym | MSV | Multi Skilled Visit | A site visit with a variety of personnel with a range of differing skills. | - All - |
| Acronym | NEDL | Division of CE Electric (See DNO) | | - All - |
| Acronym | OMV | Open Market Value | The best price which might reasonably be expected to be obtained at arms' length for an interest in a property. | - All - |
| Description | One2One | One2One Telecoms | One2One if the Former trading name of T-Mobile | - All - |
| Acronym | OOP | Object Oriented Programming | A programming concept that uses objects and their interactions to design applications and computer programs. | - All - |
| Acronym | OPCS | Orange Personal Communications Services | | Orange |
| Abbreviation | PANS | Panoramic Photography | Panoramic photography is a technique of photography, using specialised equipment or software, that captures images with elongated or 360 degree filed of view. | - All - |
| Acronym | PCN | Personal Communications Network | | - All - |
| Acronym | PD | Planning Drawings | | - All - |
| Abbreviation | PD_Issd | Planning Drawings Issued Date | The Date the Drawings were issued by the Design Office or Design Administration to the Distribution list defined with the design process | - All - |
| Acronym | PGAD | Plant General Arrangement Drawings | High Level Drawings showing the General layout of the site. | - All - |
| Acronym | PIMS | Project Information Management System | An in-house Project Management and Resource Planning system for all site instructions within the core operations - Acquisition, Planning, Design, Construction and Estate Management. Powered by SQL Database. | - All - |
| Acronym | PM | Project Manager | | - All - |
| Acronym | PO | Purchase Order | A commercial document issued by a buyer to a seller, indicating types, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services the seller will provide to the buyer. | - All - |
| Acronym | POC | Proof of Contribution | Percentage Value/Profit margin where 100% would indicate no costs, and 0% would indicate no profit. 105 would be low profit, 90% would be high profit. | - All - |
| Acronym | PS | Professional Services | | - All - |
| Acronym | QA | Quality Assurance / Quality Assured | A set of activities intended to ensure that products (goods and/or services) satisfy customer requirements in a systematic, reliable fashion. | - All - |
| Acronym | QM | Quality Manager | The person within a company who is ultimately responsible for the Quality Management System. | - All - |
| Acronym | QMS | Quality Management System | A set of processes that ensure a common sense approach to the management of a company or organisation | - All - |
| Acronym | RAC | Regional Acquisition Coordinator | | - All - |
| Acronym | RAM | Regional Acquisition Manager | | Smart IT Solutions |
| Acronym | RAM | Regional Accounts Manager | | Smart IT Solutions |
| Acronym | RDBMS | Relational Database Management System | | - All - |
| Acronym | RDP | Radio Design Planner | The Network Radio Design planner | - All - |
| Acronym | REC | Regional Electrical Company (Superseded with DNO) | | - All - |
| Description | Repeater | Routes Signal (Polemount) | A repeater is an electronic device that receives a signal and retransmits it at a higher level and/or higher power, or onto the other side of an obstruction, so that the signal can cover longer distances without degradation. | - All - |
| Acronym | RFB | Ready For build | A State where all Acquisition, Design and Planning has been cleared and a site is ready for construction. | - All - |
| Acronym | RFI | Ready for Invoicing | A billing line or item that has been GRN'd or ATI has been received and is Ready for invoicing. | - All - |
| Acronym | RFI | Ready for Integration | The Status of a completed site that has been built and audited and is ready for transmission and integration into a network. | - All - |
| Acronym | RFQ | Request for Quote | | - All - |
| Acronym | RFT | Ready For Transmission | The Status of a completed site that has been built and audited and is ready for integration into a network. | - All - |
| Acronym | RPI | Retail Price Index | Retail Price Index. An inflationary indicator that measures the change in the cost of a fixed basket of retail goods. | - All - |
| Acronym | RS (RSF) | Radio Survey | | - All - |
| Acronym | RST | Radio Survey Team | | - All - |
| Acronym | RT | Roof Top | | - All - |
| Acronym | RTB | Ready to Build | | - All - |
| Acronym | SAAF | Site Agreement Authorisation Form | | - All - |
| Acronym | SAM | Site Acquisition Manager | | - All - |
| Acronym | SHEQ | Safety, Health, Environment & Quality | | - All - |
| Acronym | SL | Site Layout | High Level Drawings showing the General layout of the site. | - All - |
| Acronym | SLA | Service Level Agreement | | - All - |
| Acronym | SME | Small and Medium Enterprises | | - All - |
| Acronym | SMS | Short Message Service | | - All - |
| Acronym | SOR | Schedule of Rates | A series of prices contractually agreed for a range of services | - All - |
| Acronym | SOR | Statement of Requirements | | - All - |
| Acronym | SP | Scottish Power | | - All - |
| Acronym | SP | Site Provider | The owner of a site, or the person or company acting on their behalf. | - All - |
| Acronym | SQL | Structured Query Language | SQL (Structured Query Language) is a standard interactive and programming language for getting information from and updating a database. | Microsoft Corporation |
| Acronym | SS | Site Share | Where two or more operators share a site or plot. | - All - |
| Acronym | SSA | Site Share Agreement | | - All - |
| Acronym | SSE | Scottish and Southern Energy | | - All - |
| Acronym | SSP | Site Specific Preliminary | | - All - |
| Acronym | SSR | Site Survey Report | A Report issued following a site survey. | - All - |
| Acronym | SVS | Specific Venue Survey | | - All - |
| Acronym | TLQ | Technical Liaison Query | | - All - |
| Acronym | TLR | Traffic Light Rating | The Traffic Light Model must be used to give an overall Rating for each proposed site. The Model combines elements of subjectivity and objectivity and is intended as a guide to the degree of consultation necessary. | - All - |
| Description | T-Mobile | T-Mobile (TUK) Formerly One2One | It's the UK network of T-Mobile International, a major branch of Deutsche Telekom AG whose subsidiaries and affiliated companies serve over 86 million mobile customers worldwide. | - All - |
| Acronym | TQ | Technical Query | | - All - |
| Acronym | TR | Technical Review (MSV) | | - All - |
| Acronym | TR | Tower Raised (Build) | The Date the Tower was raised on site. | - All - |
| Acronym | T-UK | T-Mobile (UK) | | T-Mobile |
| Acronym | UKAS | United Kingdom Accreditation Service | The United Kingdom Accreditation Service is the sole national accreditation body recognised by government to assess, against internationally agreed standards, organisations that provide certification, testing, inspection and calibration services. | - All - |
| Acronym | VB | Visual Basic | The third-generation event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft for its COM programming model. | - All - |
| Abbreviation | VWD | Visual Web Developer | Microsoft Software to develop data driven ASP.NET Web Sites. | Microsoft Corporation |
| Acronym | WIP | Work In Progress | Work currently undertaken, and usually defined as not invoiced and completed. | - All - |
| Acronym | WYSIWYG | What you See is what you get | | - All - |
| Acronym | XML | Extensible Markup Language | A general-purpose specification for creating custom markup languages - classified as an extensible language, because it allows the user to define the mark-up elements | - All - |
| Acronym | YEDL | Division of CE Electric (See DNO) | | - All - |