edge computing

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Caroline Chan, Intel (Ep. 16) Intel’s Caroline Chan talks through how 5G, when combined with edge computing and artificial intelligence, will serve as pillars for future innovation. Chan, who serves as …

In the first two blogs in this series we discovered what a programmable fabric is and what it looks like. Now we are ready to dive deeper into programmable fabrics and discover network function offload. Telecom communication service providers need …

The digital era of 5G and the cloud is triggering a new cycle of network investment to address emerging opportunities such as the digital enterprise, Industry 4.0 and smart cities. There is a big opportunity for private 5G services for …

A new initiative aimed at bringing cloud-based edge computing capabilities to far-flung rural locations is gaining steam, having gathered more than three dozen network providers and application partners in support of an edge ecosystem to serve rural industrial and smart …

Can artificial intelligence be trained to improve wireless network performance, classify emerging devices on a network, or conduct real-time machine learning at the network edge? Those are just a few of the concepts being explored in new research programs funded …

With its new hyper-converged infrastructure systems, ‘location, conditions of the edge don’t matter,’ says Dell Dell Technologies has added two additions to its hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) VxRail portfolio – the all-new ruggedized VxRail D Series and the introduction of AMD …

The battle for the edge is now. With its ability to connect to any device, anywhere, the edge is driving industries to move to datacenter-less environment delivering real time outcome-based, data-driven decisions. Whether you’re a manufacturer looking to connect your …

Right now 5G is primarily focused on providing an enhanced mobile broadband experience primarily to consumers with compatible handsets. As people upgrade their devices and carriers invest in scaling networks, adoption is growing and will continue to do so. As …

5G is many things, chief among them an exercise in managing complexity. The network is becoming more complex, the way the network is being used is becoming more complex and MEC is another line item on the list of complexities, …

Edge computing is a broad term that, at a high-level simply means moving computing out of data centers and closer to where applications are running, but has specific qualities that pin what specific edge being referenced to the requirements of …

The notion of ecosystem development is a recurring part of the edge conversation. The idea is that a diversity of technologies and use cases need to be developed, requiring buy-in and coordination between not just technology vendors and network operators …

The combination of 5G and edge computing promises to fast-track the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Internet of Things (IoT). With 10 to 20 times faster speeds and dramatically lower latency, 5G makes it much more feasible to …

The combination of 5G and edge computing promises to fast-track the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Internet of Things (IoT). With 10 to 20 times faster speeds and dramatically lower latency, 5G makes it much more feasible to …

Microsoft confirmed acquisition of Affirmed Networks in March Microsoft made big telco moves ahead of its earnings call last week with the acquisition of Affirmed Networks and announcement of Azure edge products for both carriers and enterprises. And, on the …

Greetings from Lake Norman and Charlotte, North Carolina, where we are having a wet but overall terrific spring (pic is of our May Day celebration with neighbors – plenty of cheer… at a distance).  This week, we will continue our …

MobiledgeX CEO: ‘Seamster is meant to help everybody in the world be successful when it comes to edge computing’ Seamster, the global edge computing initiative dedicated to enterprise use case exploration and adoption, launched this week during a virtual event …

  Despite all the recent advances in technology, the actual business of telecoms has been slow to move with the times. Take dynamic pricing as an example, a practice common across many industries. Using dynamic pricing, businesses can set flexible …

Dell Technologies working with Orange Business Services, BT on edge enablement We’re still in the early stages of 5G deployments but there’s already a strong focus on distributing computing capabilities to the network edge, whether that edge is defined as …

Telefónica, KT, China Unicom and Telstra have all signed an edge Muti-Operator Multiaccess Edge Computing agreement Telecom giants Telefónica, KT, China Unicom and Telstra have entered an agreement to collaborate on the Muti-Operator Multiaccess Edge Computing (MEC) Experience. The collaboration …

The size of the Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) Market depends on the goals trying to be achieved. Several factors need to be considered, such as the part of the edge and edge compute applications included in the definition, whether the …

Google Cloud’s vision for 5G and edge computing is called GMEC (because of course it is) Google Cloud is seeking to be the avenue by which telecom companies both transform their own network capabilities and enable enterprises to do the …

  Almost 90% of mobile ecosystem players in China identified edge computing as a major revenue opportunity in the 5G era, according to a new GSMA survey. The new GSMA Intelligence report, called “Edge computing in the 5G era: Technology …

Latency-sensitive 5G use cases require edge computing investment If you surveyed the greater telecoms industry, you’d likely get a long list of definitions of what (or where) exactly the edge of the network is; similarly, you’d probably return with a …

With $90 million in newly raised funding, start-up Vapor IO plans to bring edge computing to 20 U.S. cities this year. It is already operating multiple edge sites in four cities: Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. …

Nvidia, Verizon using GPUs to run edge AI for real-time service enablement As 5G continues to be refined through the 3GPP-led standardization process, consumer-facing benefits will morph into bespoke enterprise services that add low latency and high reliability to enhanced …