DENVER and NEW YORK, July 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) and Stonepeak today announced the signing of a definitive agreement for Lumen to sell its Latin American business to Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm, for $2.7…
Lumen Technologies announced a strategic partnership today with Microsoft involving Microsoft Azure cloud services. Microsoft Azure capabilities will be extended into Lumen’s edge computing infrastructure and each company will become a preferred partner of the other. The Lumen Microsoft Azure…
AT&T said today that it will use Google Cloud services to support two key AT&T edge computing offerings. These include AT&T Multi-access Edge Compute (MEC) with Google Cloud and AT&T Network Edge (ANE) with Google Cloud. The announcement is the…
One of the hottest areas in broadband is the move toward edge computing. One key driver is the need to minimize cloud latency to match the low latency of 5G networks to support near real-time applications. And as an announcement…
Cox Edge, a “full stack” edge-cloud computing service, has been introduced by Cox Communications. Cox joins a variety of network operators who are putting more attention on the edge of the network to meet growing demand for consumer, enterprise, and…
DISH will add yet another big technology name to its 5G network partner list, with Dell Technologies now included. Dell has been selected to provide an open ecosystem of RAN and edge infrastructure for DISH’s 5G buildout. DISH has long…
06.17.2021 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has selected Verizon Public Sector to deliver a next-generation, high-bandwidth, low-latency, Layer 2 wide area network in support of critical research. Verizon’s solution includes switch, router, firewall and Edge…
Verizon, in the keynote at the E3 virtual event focused on gaming, provided an update on how its 5G network is driving gaming. The carrier, which partners in online gaming with Electronic Arts (EA), Dignitas, Riot Games and Team Liquid,…
Google Cloud and SpaceX are partnering to deliver data, cloud services and applications to customers at the edge of the network. The new capabilities are expected to be available in the second half of this year. The announcement comes only…
Verizon is seeing a great deal of interest in private 5G core networks and private multi-access edge computing (MEC) on the part of healthcare providers. Telecompetitor discussed this and other trends impacting Verizon healthcare initiatives – involving network slicing, artificial…
Dish expects its deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced today, to be a key element of its efforts to streamline 5G deployment and operations and differentiate its 5G offering. Dish will use AWS edge computing offerings AWS Outposts and…
Wireless carriers seem to be keenly aware of the need to develop compelling 5G use cases, as evidenced by yesterday’s announcement that AT&T is working with the University of Connecticut (UConn) on a private 5G network and 5G lab to…
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