Verizon and IBM have agreed to work together on 5G and edge computing. The collaboration will combine the high speed and low latency of Verizon’s 5G and Multi-access Edge Compute (MEC) capabilities, IoT devices and edge sensors with IBM’s expertise…
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Emerging Companies See Edge Computing Opportunities in Rural Broadband Sector
As a new crop of data center operators focused on edge computing emerges, each one seems to have a bit different focus. For Dart Points, a company started in 2012, that focus is underserved areas, which include but are not…
CMO: We Need to Start Bragging More About CenturyLink Edge Computing, Now Available to 95% of U.S.
CenturyLink edge computing infrastructure can serve 95% of the U.S. with five millisecond latency, said the company’s chief marketing offer Shaun Andrews on a webcast that was part of a virtual financial conference today. That infrastructure is comprised of about…
Rural Cloud Initiative Will Provide Edge Computing for Rural Wireless, Precision Agriculture
Edge computing isn’t just for metro areas, as the Rural Cloud Initiative from Trilogy Networks and Chat Mobility illustrates. Chat Mobility is a wireless carrier serving rural Iowa and Trilogy networks is a network-as-a-service provider that has a specialty in…
CEO: Verizon Mobile Edge Computing Should Generate “Meaningful” Revenues in 2020
Verizon mobile edge computing should generate “meaningful” revenues in 2020, said Hans Vestberg, Verizon Chairman and CEO, at an investor event today. Mobile, or multi-access, edge computing (MEC) is receiving a lot of attention recently as carriers roll out 5G….
Amazon AWS, Verizon 5G Partnership for Mobile Edge Computing Raises Interoperability Questions
Cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services has launched AWS Wavelength, an edge computing offering for developers wanting to create applications that leverage the ultra-low latency of 5G wireless networks. AWS will connect with 5G networks from four wireless carriers worldwide…
CenturyLink Network Storage Taps Edge Computing
CenturyLink today announced it has introduced CenturyLink Network Storage, a managed solution that enables businesses to store and manage data anywhere the CenturyLink network can reach. The solution is designed to provide businesses with a better way to access, store…
Report: Edge Computing Needn’t Wait for 5G, $4.1 Trillion Impact Forecast by 2030
Next-generation 5G wireless networks need edge computing more than edge computing needs 5G, argues a new edge computing report from Chetan Sharma Consulting authored by the firm’s CEO of the same name. Sharma sees edge computing as a means of…
CenturyLink to to Step on the Edge Computing Gas, Commits Several Hundred Million
CenturyLink said today that it will invest “several hundred million dollars” in edge computing, following in the footsteps of AT&T and Verizon, both of whom have already been investing in that area. AT&T and Verizon both have mobile businesses and…
AT&T, IBM Forge New Strategic Relationship on Cloud, SDN, and Edge Computing
Under a multi-year strategic alliance announced today, AT&T Communications will work with IBM to modernize AT&T Business Solutions’ internal software applications, enabling migrations to the IBM Cloud. IBM will provide infrastructure to support AT&T Business’s applications. AT&T Business will use…
CBRS Spectrum and Edge Computing Set to Reduce Need for Telecom Service Providers
The combination of CBRS spectrum and edge computing is poised to eliminate the need for enterprises to use communications service providers to support certain cloud applications. Enabling this option is a new category of company that includes Vapor and Packet…
