Terms.

What this site is

The Signal Lines is an independent technical journal on the mobile-network landscape of Cyprus. It is written and edited by Andreas Christodoulou from Nicosia. It is non-commercial and carries no advertising.

What this site is not

• It is not a buyer's guide. It does not compare tariffs, recommend operators, or maintain commercial relationships with any operator, vendor, or service provider.
• It is not a sales channel. Nothing on this site is for sale. There is no shop, no commerce, no transactions of any kind, no affiliate links, no referrals.
• It is not affiliated with any Cyprus mobile operator, with the Department of Electronic Communications, with the Office of the Commissioner of Electronic Communications and Postal Regulation, or with any other governmental or industry body. The opinions are the editor's alone.
• It is not a forum or a comment platform. The contact form sends private letters; nothing is published from readers without their explicit permission.

Reproduction

The editorial text on this site is © 2026 Andreas Christodoulou. Personal reading, teaching, and academic quotation (with attribution) are explicitly welcome. Commercial reproduction, syndication, or republication of any kind is not permitted without prior written agreement with the editor.

Trademarks

This site is not affiliated with any commercial entity. Any operator names, network designations, or technical product names that appear in the editorial text are used in their generic descriptive sense and remain the property of their respective holders. The site claims no rights in any third-party mark.

Accuracy

The notes are written carefully, but they are written by one editor and are not peer-reviewed. Errors will exist. The editor welcomes corrections and will publish them in the next issue, with credit to the correcting reader if they wish. Technical specifications are checked against the relevant 3GPP and ETSI documents at time of writing; readers should consult the current specifications for authoritative values.

Linking

You are welcome to link to any page on this site. You may quote up to a paragraph in a review, an academic paper, or another non-commercial publication, with attribution.

Jurisdiction

The site is operated from Nicosia, Cyprus. Cyprus law and, where applicable, EU law apply to any dispute that, however unlikely, might arise.

Changes

These terms may be revised. The current version is the one published below; previous versions are kept in the editor's archive and can be requested.

Version 1.0 · March 2026 · Edited by Andreas Christodoulou.