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 vice president of the Data...
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 to provision “Network Functions” in...
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 enterprises — especially those...
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...
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 by Intel and the...
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 EPYC processor support for the...
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 equipment data pipelines to...
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...
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...
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 an application.
To understand where...
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 but also the end...
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 process AI workloads locally...
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 process AI workloads locally...
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 April 29 call with analysts,...
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 earnings discussion with five...
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 with support from members from...
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 tariffs based on current market activity....
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 a telco central office, enterprise...
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 is part of the GSMA...
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 market being described is...
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 same, with a combination of...
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 and market developments in China" and...
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 litany of potential deployment strategies--operator-led,...
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.
The company has another 16...
