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Cloud computing is a computing service paradigm which attracts increasing attention from academia and industry. In this paper we investigate the use of the terms cloud and cloud computing in the wireless communications and networking domain. We identify four distinct usages of the term cloud in this context and analyze their meaning and relevance to the cloud computing concept. For one of these meanings (which we term Wireless Networking Functionality as a Service) we provide more extensive descriptions of commercial services and proposed architectural designs that illustrate this concept and discuss their advantages and technical challenges. We conclude that the introduction of certain cloud computing ideas in the field of wireless telecommunications and networking not only has the potential to bring along some of the generic advantages of cloud computing but, in some cases, can offer added benefits that are wireless domain specific.