Communication Networks Economy

Glossary

3G:

High-speed radio technology (between 1.5 and 3 Mbps).

4G:

Radio technology with speeds above 100 Mbps, even reaching 1 Gbps.

5G:

Radio technology with speeds exceeding several Gbps.

Accounting rate:

The rate agreed between administrations in a given relationship that is used for the establishment of international accounts (Rec. D.000).

ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line):

Allows a telephone line subscriber to receive all Internet-related services at a data rate 10 times higher than analog modems (ADSL reaching 7 Mbps and ADSL2+ reaching 20 Mbps).

ATM:

Asynchronous transfer mode.

B2B and C2C:

Business-to-Business, and Consumer-to-Consumer (or Customer-to-Customer) relationships.

Bluetooth:

Close range radio technology.

Broadband:

Regulatory authorities currently consider subscriber services between 30 and 100 Mbps to be broadband. Superfast broadband refers to connections above 100 Mbps.

CDN:

Content delivery network (multimedia).

Collection charge:

Charge established and collected by a network operator from its customers for the use of an international telecommunication service.

Cybersecurity:

All means and measures required to guarantee Internet security. “The state sought by a computer system to allow it to withstand all occurrences in cyberspace”.

Darknet:

System of anonymized and encrypted networks, including the Tor, I2P and FreeNet networks, which host sites carrying an unreferenced DNS address suffix.

Direct transit country:

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