During his opening keynote address at NVIDIA GTC, the company’s Founder and CEO Jensen Huang characterized artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G as “ingredients” necessary to “kickstart the fourth industrial revolution.” He added, however, that we are still in need of a final “miracle.”
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The dedicated MEC platform is fully integrated with AWS cloud services and Verizon's 5G private network
Enterprise customers interested in a dedicated, on-premises edge compute infrastructure can now look to Verizon Business and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The companies are expanding their 5G collaboration in...
Etisalat signs memorandum of understanding to use Rakuten Communications Platform for cloud-native, Open RAN networks
Last week Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP) tapped Airspan as a 4G and 5G hardware/software vendor, and this week RCP announced it's working with Abu Dhabi-based Etisalat to develop a "reference...
In 2021, cloud gaming revenue is expected to be over $1 billion for the first time
Bridge Alliance, which is made up of operators and their customers in the Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, announced that two alliance members, SK Telecom and SingTel, have successfully completed the...
Mona Noor, a product manager at Nokia, dives into some of the biggest security threats our networks will have to deal with in a 5G era, compares the inherent security of cloud and on-premise servers and explains why home IoT devices aren't built to...
Nokia partnering with Google Cloud, AWS and Microsoft to bring open and cloud RAN to the edge with both operator and private enterprise networks
In October last year, Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark, in addition to sharing Q3 financials and giving a first-look at an organizational...
Verizon's MEC platform moves AWS compute and storage services to the edge of the network
Days before this year’s Super Bowl at Miami’s Raymond James Stadium, Verizon Vice President of Device Technology Brian Mecum told RCR Wireless News that fans will have access to a...
As 5G continues its evolution toward broad digital enablement of the enterprise, the proliferation of artificial intelligence and machine learning in networks will be a crucial part of service provider strategies. For infrastructure, increasingly automated deployment, configuration and management accelerates time-to-revenue as closed technology...
Google will no longer make games in-house for its Stadia gaming platform
It’s been two nearly years since Google launched its Stadia gaming platform designed specifically for streaming. At the time of the launch, Google also announced Stadia Games and Entertainment (SG&E), its internal game...
Verizon Business and Deloitte hope to help retail locations “unlock” in-store data with a 5G and mobile edge computing (MEC) digital platform that is designed to deliver real-time analytics to improve customer engagement, inventory efficiency and associate productivity.
When combined with sensor-based analytics, artificial intelligence...
Synergy Research Group Analyst: '2020 ended with a bang for the cloud infrastructure market'
Enterprises spent more than $37 billion on cloud infrastructure services in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to data from Synergy Research Group. The results represent a $4 billion increase from...
Teased at Dell Tech World, OneBox MEC targets private networks; companies call out healthcare, retail, construction industries
After teasing a potential collaboration focused on mobile edge computing during Dell Tech World last year, it's now official: Korea's SK Telecom, Dell Technologies and VMware are working...
Verizon has outfitted the Super Bowl stadium with 5G and Mobile Edge Computing
Last year’s Super Bowl, which took place at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, was pretty different than what’s in store for this year’s event. On February 7th, the Kansas City Chiefs...
The growth of cloud gaming can be attributed to 5G technology
2021 is expected to be a big year for cloud gaming, with the current revenue outlook coming in at over $1 billion for the first time, about double what it was raking in last...
Verizon’s Director of IoT: 'The idea is to use 5G and MEC to solve new types of challenges'
Verizon and Unity are partnering up to develop new digital experiences across a wide range of applications including within an enterprise as well as within the entertainment...
Nokia and Google Cloud have put together a global strategic partnership aimed at supporting telecom providers' compute needs for 5G in both the core and the network edge.
The two companies said that they will "work closely to validate, optimize and evolve cloud-native network functions"...
Intel CEO Bob Swan, formerly CFO, will leave his post Feb. 15
Intel announced on Jan. 13 that its board of directors has appointed Pat Gelsinger, currently the CEO of VMware, to take the CEO role effective Feb. 15. VMware's board said in a statement...
Verizon has launched the AWS 5G MEC platform in 10 cities
A few weeks ago, Verizon announced the extension of its 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength in Denver and Seattle, bringing the total number of locations that can access the mobile edge computing (MEC) platform...
As is always the case this time of year, trade publications are rife with prediction pieces examining trends to watch in the new year. A review of the telecoms landscape comes up with a number of 5G-related watch words with stand outs including edge...
The Verizon, AWS 5G MEC platform first launched in Boston and the Bay Area in August
As 2020 wrapped up, Verizon announced the extension of Verizon 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength in Denver and Seattle, bringing the total number of locations that can access the...
SAP Labs in Palo Alto, CA has been outfitted with Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband service, in a move that will allow the two companies to jointly develop and test 5G and edge computing solutions. Initially, the pair will focus on how these two technologies...
5G deployments are starting to expand beyond the few city-wide showcases of the last couple of years. And new use cases for consumer and enterprises are being developed all the time. But it will take the parallel implementation of edge computing in the next...
Cisco will acquire cloud communications software and service company IMImobile for approximately $730 million, a move that will allow Cisco to provide its business customers with an end-to-end customer interaction management solution.
IMImobile’s software and services allow enterprises and organizations to stay constantly connected to...
Of the 106 CSPs with 5G services, 22 have announced mobile cloud gaming services, reports Ericsson
The November Ericsson Mobility Report included a dedicated mobile gaming section, where it explored the new business opportunities emerging in this space as a result of 5G and cloud...
