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Community-of-interest network

A community-of-interest network (COIN) is a communications network built to service a community with a common goal or set of interests.

Example of COINs:

SITA (Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques) serving the airline industry[?]
Sohonet serving the media industry[?]

External links:

http://www.equant.com/content/xml/connect_feb_coin_intro.xml

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