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Verizon and AWS bring MEC to three more cities

  Three new cities — Atlanta, New York and Washington, DC — have been added to the list of locations where businesses and developers can build and deploy applications with AWS Wavelength at Verizon’s 5G Edge. Verizon and AWS launched the mobile edge computing (MEC)...

Microsoft buys Bethesda games, bolstering its cloud gaming lineup

Upon finalization, a number of famous game titles will be added to the Microsoft cloud gaming service Earlier this week, Microsoft reached a deal to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of well-known video game publisher Bethesda Softworks, for $7.5 billion. The acquisition has taken...

SK Telecom and Microsoft launch cloud gaming service

SK Telecom hopes to secure 100,000 users on the cloud gaming service by the end of this year The cloud gaming platform born from a collaboration between SK Telecom and Microsoft has officially launched. SK's cloud gaming service, called 5GX Cloud Game service, is powered...

95% of gamers willing to pay more for 5G services if it means better playing

60% of gamers would pay 50% more a month for a better gaming experience With gaming being hailed as a killer use case for 5G, Ribbon Communications commissioned an independent study to explore just how “killer” we’re talking. RCR Wireless News caught up with Ribbon’s...

Deutsche Telekom, OVHcloud join forces in the ongoing cloud battle

The pair are creating a public cloud platform in a number of European markets Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems has teamed up with French cloud and hosting provider OVHcloud to contribute to the Gaia-X initiative, a data infrastructure collaboration between the European Commission (EC) and a...

Ericsson deploys 5G network near Texas HQ to run real-world use cases

Ericsson: The network is a 'platform for trial and development' for future enterprise 5G networks Ericsson deployed its very own 5G end-to-end distributed network in North Texas that runs across multiple campuses, including Plano Ericsson Village, the company's 38-acre U.S. headquarters, and its nearby research...

Leveraging 5G latency reduction requires decentralized compute

MEC node as a representation of the standalone 5G core Latency reduction is a big selling point for standalone 5G networks. Single millisecond latency, combined with ultra high capacity and speeds, opens up real-time use cases--things involving autonomous assets, precision robotics and integration of augmented...

Getting from non-standalone to standalone 5G

Ericsson talks dual-mode cloud core; Oracle on move from VNF to CNF With one notable exception, commercial 5G networks use a non-standalone architecture wherein new 5G NR radio infrastructure is connected to an Evolved Packet Core that also supports LTE data transmissions. Virtualization of EPC functionality is...

VMware sees opportunity as operators move from virtualization to cloud-native 5G

5G Telco Cloud Platform follows VMware/Intel partnership on RAN virtualization Operators have for years invested in virtualization of network functions, starting with the evolved packet core and now moving out to the radio access network. Most current 5G deployments are non-standalone meaning a 5G component...

Deutsche Telekom joins the game, launches cloud gaming platform

The cloud gaming platform eliminates the need to download a game or purchase expensive hardware Deutsche Telekom has launched officially launched its cloud gaming platform, called MagentaGaming, challenging Microsoft’s xCloud and Google’s Stadia. When playing on the cloud gaming platform, gamers are accessing powerful servers, which...

Affirmed Networks selected by Netmore to deliver private enterprise network infrastructure

Affirmed will enable the delivery of private LTE enterprise networks for 4G, 5G and IoT services Affirmed Networks, acquired by Microsoft earlier this year, will partner with Netmore Group, an IoT systems and services provider headquartered in Sweden, to deliver Private LTE enterprise networks and...

As telcos go cloud-native with 5G, HPE sees opportunity from core to edge

HPE 5G Lab meant to facilitate multi-vendor integration, interoperability In previous generations of cellular, HPE has largely focused its telco core network efforts on subscriber data management. But with 5G designed as a cloud-native network from core to edge, the company sees a much bigger...

Intel and VMware partner on 5G vRAN, open interfaces, RIC

Goal is "to simplify the steps and reduce the integration effort" associated with open and virtualized RAN Virtualization of the radio access network is and will continue to happen in the interest of making highest and best use of the 5G New Radio feature set....

Dish selects VMware’s cloud platform for its 5G network

VMware joins Altiostar, Fujitsu and Mavenir as Dish 5G network partners Following multiple tests and onboarding procedures, Dish Network has officially selected VMware’s Telco Cloud platform to run as an underlying cloud platform and infrastructure layer to power the carrier’s open radio access network-based 5G...

CSPs must evaluate different business models in booming gaming industry: Study

New report says there will be 3.5 billion gamers globally by 2024 ABI Research released a report concluding that nearly half of the global expected population in 2024 will be gamers, a result that only furthers the case for telecommunications companies, ISPs and OEMs to...

MEC specs coming from operator-led 5G Future Forum in Q3

Initial focus on MEC experience management and deployment Theres a line of thinking that 5G service revenues are inextricably linked to mobile edge computing (MEC); to take advantage of the latency benefits baked in to 5G, compute has to be decentralized and located closer to...

Telcos use blockchain for mobile payments, insurance claims and more

A closer look at some more recent advances in blockchain adoption made by CSPs Blockchain, a technology that establishes a shared, immutable record of transactions within a network, has been on the radar of communication service providers (CSPs) for some time now, and according to...

Hong Kong regains title as strongest APAC cloud nation

Hong Kong reclaimed the title of strongest APAC cloud nation from Singapore Hong Kong has reclaimed the lead over Singapore when it comes to cloud readiness in the Asia Pacific region (APAC), according to the Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA). In the ACCA’s 2020 cloud...

Aryaka, 8×8 Inc. to enhance cloud communication across the WAN

An Aryaka report indicated that improved cloud capabilities across the WAN is critical Aryaka has teamed up with integrated cloud communications platform 8x8, Inc. to extend the platform’s performance across Aryaka’s managed SD-WAN service, enabling enhanced cloud communications performance across the WAN for improved employee productivity and...

Rural Cloud Initiative seeks to bring the edge to rural America

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 agriculture use cases. The Rural...

Baidu to increase investment in AI and cloud, plans for 5 million servers

Baidu says it has “trained more than 1 million AI talents” and “cooperated with more than 200 universities” On Friday, Chinese tech company Baidu laid out the details of its plan to increase its investment in artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, data centers and chips...

5G + edge computing = New service revenue opportunity

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 this happens, 5G will...

Securing the edge: More nodes, more problems

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, albeit one with a...

Microsoft acquiring Metaswitch in push to cloud-native 5G networks

Last month Microsoft acquired vEPC specialist Affirmed Networks Microsoft this week announced it has signed a definite agreement to acquire Metaswitch Networks, a cloud-native virtual network functions provider that works with fixed and mobile operators. This follows Microsoft's acquisition of virtualized Evolved Packet Core vendor...