In designing and delivering MEC (and private network) solutions, T-Mobile US touts a “just-right” approach to meet customers where they are
In addition to moving their own network and administrative workloads into private, public and hybrid cloud environments, operators are simultaneously partnering with hyperscalers to...
Edge computing will account for most of the telecom server growth, according to a new report
The overall market opportunity for telecom servers is expected to reach $14 billion by 2026, according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group. Most of that growth is coming from the...
The company’s January acquisition of QOS Networks yielded the basis for the newly announced edge offerings
Zayo Group Holdings on Wednesday announced the launch of its edge network solutions portfolio. Zayo’s products include Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Unified Communication...
R17 adds native MEC support by defining an edge app architecture
The 3GPP R15 specifications completed in 2018 provided the not only the foundations for 5G architecture, but also the basics for 5G MEC deployment as well. R16 provided features and functionality aimed at...
The managed service combines VMware’s Edge Compute Stack with NTT’s private 5G NaaS
Japanese telco and IT infrastructure company NTT has announced a new collaboration with VMware called Edge-as-a-Service. The managed compute platform leverages VMware’s edge compute stack and NTT’s private 5G network-as-a-service, to help enterprises...
5ms latency promised for 70% of customers in the UK, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Lumen Technologies has announced the launch of its enterprise edge computing solutions in Europe. The company claims 5 millisecond (ms) latency for 70% of enterprise demand in the UK, France,...
Seven out of 10 businesses plan to invest in edge computing in the next 12 months, and eight out of 10 believe that 5G is "indispensable" to reaping benefits from edge, according to a new report from Google Cloud and Omdia.
The report is based...
What is the reality of 5G's power needs? RCR Wireless reached out to Ian Campbell, CTO of cable and mobility at Cisco’s Service Provider segment, for his thoughts on the matter. This Q&A was conducted via email and has been lightly edited for length...
Verizon will implement the Atos Computer Vision platform in its private 5G multi-access edge computing solution
Verizon Business has teamed up with Atos to deliver intelligent IoT solutions with private 5G multi-access edge computing to businesses, government and communities. The joint solution is an end-to-end architecture —...
Director of Verizon 5G Labs: 'Music artists can build entire worlds with 5G and MEC'
“I was able to create my own world,” music artist The Hxliday says in a video released by Verizon 5G Labs. “This is more of a creative thought process than...
5G and MEC allow healthcare data to be processed at a much higher rate
While IoT has become a household term, IoMT or the Internet of Medical Things, isn't as well known. IoMT represents a subcategory of IoT that encompasses the connections and devices within...
AT&T and UConn will complete the private 5G network by summer 2021
AT&T is deploying a private 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) network and Multi-access Edge Compute (MEC) technology at the University of Connecticut’s (UConn) Stamford campus to help “advance academic programs that will explore new use cases...
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...
Canadian carrier Telus and Deutsche Telekom-backed edge computing company MobiledgeX are working together on a mobile edge computing trial network in Canada. This will be the first Canadian deployment for MobiledgeX.
Ibrahim Gedeon, CTO at Telus, said that partnering with MobiledgeX to pilot its...
What is MEC?
The Radio Access Network is only one of multiple pieces that will enable 5G. Virtualization is another, as is multi-access edge computing: MEC.
MEC is entwined with 5G, but it’s not exclusive to 5G. MEC can be implemented in LTE networks as well,...
ETSI lays out the role of MEC in 5G
In a recent white paper, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute outlined the role of multi-access edge computing in 5G.
“Edge computing is acknowledged as one of the key pillars for meeting the demanding Key Performance Indicators of...
Multi-access edge computing presents some unique challenges for deployment and operation
Multi-access edge computing is part of a major re-architecting of the network that involves placing compute and storage resources closer to the consumer or enterprise end user. It is expected to be a major...
A new network architecture
Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) is a new option for network providers challenged to meet consumer demands for improved coverage and greater bandwidth.
MEC is a network architecture that enables IT and cloud-computing capabilities at the edge of the cellular network. The main...
