BROWSING: edge computing

$10 billion CoreSite acquisition gave American Tower combination of tower and datacenter infrastructure Although U.S. carriers are lowering capex as 5G deployments slow, American Tower is still seeing activity levels that are “really strong in the U.S. and around the globe. And it’s all about...

Future of work, multicloud, edge, AI and security are the key themes out of Dell Tech World LAS VEGAS—Most major enterprises have, to degrees, settled on a multicloud strategy as the way forward. The next piece of this ongoing evolution is making workloads running in...

China Mobile-Tencent JV had been initially approved by China’s market regulator in November 2022 Chinese internet company Tencent Holdings and China Unicom have officially formed a joint venture with a registered capital of CNY300 million ($43.4 million), Chinese press reported. The JV was initially approved by...

Schneider Electric's Strategic Account Executive discusses the company's position as a 5G and edge leader.

Intel invests in hiring and retention programs to support women, and partners with schools to increase talent diversity Following the most recent Women in Telco Forum, Jeni Panhorst, the VP & GM of the Network & Edge Compute Division at Intel, offered her perspective on...

Cloud-native OSS/BSS should reduce opex and drive automation, but this requires technological and organizational change Before getting into expert commentary on cloud-native OSS/BSS provided during the recent Telco Cloud & Edge Forum (available on demand here), it’s important to understand what operational support systems (OSS)...

As operators move into the telco cloud era, which deployment option(s) will win out?  As the title of this piece—and the Telco Cloud & Edge Forum session it’s based on—suggest, it seems that the two most likely outcomes for operators on a long-term journey to...

With the move to a service-based architecture, what does it take for operators to become cloud native?  With meaningful new 5G revenues failing to materialize with the Non-standalone architecture, operators are now increasingly moving to a 5G Standalone service-based architecture. In this transition, there are...

The private 5G offering will cover more than 190 countries NTT Ltd. is combining its fully managed private 5G and Edge Compute solutions with satellite connectivity provider SES’s medium earth orbit communications system — the O3b mPOWER — to offer Edge as a Service to enterprise...

No single company, network or technology can build the metaverse. Instead, the industry will have to tap into every available foundational technology across the ecosystem, from the very edge of the network all the way to the devices themselves. 5G and Wi-Fi, high-powered cameras...

CFO lays out how ‘hybrid-cloud platform-centric strategy’ is driving growth for IBM In 2022 IBM grew revenue by 12% to $60.5 billion with its software, consulting and infrastructure businesses all posting double digit growth, 12%, 15% and 14% respectively. For 2023 CFO and SVP Jim...

As diversification strategy plays out, Qualcomm tells shareholders about momentum in automotive, edge networking, IoT “We’re very excited about the future of Qualcomm,” CEO Critiano Amon said earlier this month at the company’s annual shareholders meeting. “And we continue to believe that the best of...

Vapor IO/Open Grid Alliance on leveraging edge compute to digitally transform Las Vegas Internet of Things (IoT) devices using cellular networks reached 2.7  billion connections in 2021, according to the November 2022 Ericsson Mobility Report, and by 2028 that figure is projected to increase to...

Despite macroeconomic volatility, Equinix sees growth as investment in cloud-enabled digital transformation continues Looking back a decade, Equinix President and CEO Charles Meyers recalled service providers focused on networks and hyperscalers beginning what would become an incredible growth period. As the world of networks and...

Anant Maheshwari, president of Microsoft India, said that the collaboration will help customers build green and secured networks Indian company Tech Mahindra has announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft to enable cloud-powered 5G core network modernization for telecom operators globally. In a release, Microsoft India noted...

Multi-year master lease agreements insulate American Tower from uncertain economic conditions American Tower Corporation controls around 223,000 communications sites around the world, and has enjoyed steady growth as operators deploy and scale 5G infrastructure. Speaking earlier this month at the Citi 2023 Communications, Media and...

While cellular has undergone and brought about rapid and continuous change in human communication over the 40 years since the industry’s inception, we can identify a certain few developments that were profound and revolutionary. These include digitization of voice in 2G, text messaging, smartphones...

Editor's note: Part 1 of this piece, based on a discussion at the Mobile Edge Forum, is available here. 5G and MEC go ‘hand-in-hand’ but where are they going? In a recent panel discussion at the Mobile Edge Forum—available on demand here—industry experts agreed...

The edge platform combines Google’s distributed cloud software with TIM’s cloud and 5G infrastructure Telecom Italia (TIM) and Google Cloud have launched a 5G edge cloud platform in Italy to support the development of new smart mobility applications, including self-driving and assisted cars. The solution...

Mobile network operators, cable companies and hyperscalers are all investing in edge infrastructure, with market drivers including use cases from private cellular networking to edge robotics in industry—as well as disaggregated open networks, said Bejoy Pankajakshan, EVP and chief technology and strategy officer for...

Editor’s note: The teams from RCR Wireless News and Enterprise IoT Insights recently convened a wide range of telecoms and enterprise stakeholders to examine all things mobile edge computing at the Mobile Edge Forum virtual event, available on demand here. This article is taken...

One of the most basic questions about edge computing has been one of definition: Where is the network edge? Is it in a regional data center, in an enterprise premise, or possibly at an individual cell site? The answer coming out of early edge...

Together, they will help drive Industry 4.0 transformation Private networks are providing enterprises with more reliable and pervasive connectivity than was previously available. What’s more, private networks can provide a simplified infrastructure and streamlined operational environment for edge computing operations, an increasingly ubiquitous fixture in...

Edge Bare Metal service’s first APAC deployment was for Solana Foundation’s blockchain efforts, said Lumen Lumen Technologies has announced the launch of edge services for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Lumen’s Edge Bare Metal services provide access to the company’s distributed edge network of high-capacity bare-metal...