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Network-as-a-Service (NaaS)

Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) is a business model for delivering network services over the Internet on a pay-per-use or monthly subscription basis.

Typically, a NaaS offering provides a framework that integrates access to a network infrastructure with other cloud computing services.

This was last updated in March 2013

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