Universal Personal Telecommunications Universal personal telecommunications (UPT) was a special segment of the international telephone number space which had been set aside for universal personal telephone numbers. This service had been allocated country code +87810 and was complete ...

(UPT), personal mobility is the ability of a

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to access telecommunication services at any UPT terminal on the basis of a personal

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, and the capability of the network to provide those services in accord with the user's service profile. Personal mobility involves the network's capability to locate the terminal associated with the user for the purposes of addressing,

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, and charging the user for calls. "Access" is intended to convey the concepts of both originating and terminating services. Management of the service profile by the user is not part of personal mobility. The personal mobility aspects of personal

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s are based on the UPT number.

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