GoS (Grade of Service)

1. In the PSTN or with respect to a PBX, the probability of a call being

blocked or queued for some period of time due to limited system resources during the busy hour of the

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• United Nations/Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce, and Transport
• United Nations (UN)
• United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT)
• United States Digital Cellular (USDC)
• United States Independent Telephone Association (USITA)
• United States Telecom Association (USTA)
• United States Time Division Multiple Access (US TDMA)
• UNI (User Network Interface)
• universal ADSL (universal Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Lite)
• Universal Character Set (UCS)
• Universal Code (Unicode)
• Universal Coordinated Time (UTC)
• Universal International Freephone Number (UIFN)
• Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
• Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
• universal serial bus (USB)
• universal service
• Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC)
• Universal Service Fund (USF)
• University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID)
• UNIX
• Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA)
• Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII)
• unshielded twisted pair (UTP)
• unsolicited grant service (UGS)