'H' Glossary Terms

Handoff
The successful transfer of a mobile telephone call from one base station to another.

Handset
Pertaining to either a mobile handset or landline portable handset, this is the hand-held device to make and receive phone calls.

Handset with plan
This is the option from most telecommunications service providers that offers a new handset with a 24 or 12 month contractual agreement. Most plans will include a handset that is able to be paid off through the designated monthly payment option. If a user wants a more expensive handset option, a Mobile Repayment Option will be added to the monthly bill.

Handset Included
This is the further extrapolated explanation of a handset that costs an amount that correlates to the cost of the plan per month. Included handsets means that the user does not have to pay any extra for the phone over the duration or at the end of the contract period. At the end of the contract period the user owns the handset.

Handsfree Kit
An accessory or feature application that allows a user to continue talking on a mobile handset without having to hold it.

Handsfree Car Kit
An accessory option kit that is used for handsfree communication in vehicle, and can include an in car cradle, cigarette lighter battery charger and external antennas, microphone and speaker.

Handshake
A term when used in a telecommunications context that describes signals that precede the interoperation between two network nodes like a mobile phone to a base station. Telecommunications handshakes often involve a form of security authorisation.

HDSL - High Capacity Digital Subscriber Line
HDSL a viable and profitable transport medium for high-capacity services used especially in VoIP and multimedia network architecture.

Hertz (Hz)
The unit of frequency used to measure electromagnetic waves such as radio or mobile phone. One hertz has a periodic interval of one second.
Related: Frequency

HFC - Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (Cable)
This term refers to the cable that is used for the Cable TV and Cable Internet network in Australia. A Hybrid Fibre Coaxial network uses a combination of optical fibre cables to connect exchanges and hubs, and then coaxial cables run from the hubs to customer premises.

HiBIS
This was the Higher Bandwidth Incentive Scheme launched by the Australian Government in April 2004 and was subsequently replaced by the Broadband Connect Scheme on January 1 2006. The aim of both programs is to provide higher speed broadband to those in rural areas and at prices comparable to those in metropolitan areas.
Related: Broadband Connect Scheme

High-gain Antenna
A high-gain antenna is used to achieve a higher range of mobile reception. Any gain is measured in decibel variations.
Related: dB - Decibel

HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
This is the language use to code and author webpages on the Internet. The browser applications interpret the code and recreate the page as the author intended.

HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTP - the text that usually precedes www. in a URL refers to the protocol for the transfer of webpage information between users and servers on the Internet.
Hz - Hertz
See Hertz.