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Next-Generation Access Networks

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Next-generation access networks refer to telecommunications infrastructures – and the technologies that support them – able to provide final customers with data rates above 30–50 Mbps.

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  1. Sino-Spanish Campus, Tongji University - Technical University of Madrid, Shanghai, China

    Claudio Feijóo

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  1. Montpellier, France

    Alain Marciano

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    Giovanni Battista Ramello

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Feijóo, C. (2016). Next-Generation Access Networks. In: Marciano, A., Ramello, G. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_344-1

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