In the 5G era, mobile communication experiences man-to-man communication, man-to-thing communication, and machine-to-machine. AR/VR, IoT, industry automation, unmanned driving etc services are introduced widely. Thus
Telus, MobiledgeX to trial edge computing
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
Artesysn White Paper: Virtualizing the RAN and Edge Computing – How carriers can take advantage of vRAN, C-RAN and MEC
There are significant changes taking place in radio access networks and at the edge of telecom networks. With so many ways to implement 5G, multi-access
The South Korean telco also unveiled its Mobile Edge Computing Open Platform for enterprise customers SK Telecom and Samsung Electronics have completed a network device interoperability
ZTE, in collaboration with Intel, have recently launched a Light Cloud solution with the aim of allowing operators to have a viable path to the
How is service assurance evolving to meet the needs of virtualized/hybrid, multi-cloud networks? Agile, software-centric networks present new challenges for visibility, particularly in the context
Editorial Webinar: Livin’ on the Edge: Service Assurance in an NFV, MEC World
How is service assurance evolving to meet the needs of virtualized/hybrid, multi-cloud networks? Agile, software-centric networks present new challenges for visibility, particularly in the context
Verizon puts low latency together: 5G, MEC and an intelligent edge
Verizon was able to cut its network latency in half in a test that combined its 5G Radio Access Network, multi-access edge computing and its
The edge internet: Balancing the market power in the mobile internet value chain (Reality Check)
June 29th, 2007, a day of infamy in the world of telco’s. On that day, the vestiges of “walled gardens” and premium data services crumbled
How 5G will transform the enterprise
Ensure Your Wireless Infrastructure is Ready to Ride the Next Technology Wave Over the last few years enterprises have been radically transforming. Buildings are becoming smarter
IBW is taking off, driven by a convergence of technologies (small cells and CRAN, new DAS architectures, MEC, CBRS, MulteFire), connectivity needs (IoT, enterprise and
What is MEC and why does it matter?
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
In a previous post, we discussed the near-term deployment drivers for virtualizing at the network edge. Although scalability and cost savings are a near universal
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
At a basic level, network virtualization is fundamentally the same whether regardless of where in an operator’s network it is implemented – be it access,