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Over the past decades, the telecommunications industry has migrated from legacy telephony networks to telephony networks based on an IP backbone. IP-based networks have offered operators the opportunity to access previously untapped networks/subscribers to offer innovative products and services, and stimulate a new wave of revenue generation.
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For example, the total U.S. LTE infrastructure OPEX was anticipated to be 57.4 billion, while CAPEX was projected to be only 37.7 billion between 2012 and 2017 [17].
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As an example, the UK is committed to reducing the amount of CO\(_2\) it emits in 2050 to 20% of that seen in 1990 [31].
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Vaezi, M., Zhang, Y. (2017). Introduction. In: Cloud Mobile Networks. Wireless Networks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54496-0_1
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