A wireless terminal (phone, PDA, etc.) that is reconfigurable via software. It enables wireless devices to be easily updated to new or later versions of the air interface and allows multiple interfaces to be supported. For example, a software defined cellphone could be used across in any country in the world. See also softphone.
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