BROWSING: EDGE

Verizon has rolled out 5G-based edge computing with AWS to Dallas and Miami, taking the total city-count for their combined infrastructure to seven cities in the US. The setup is geared towards trials of a number of new latency-sensitive industrial applications, notably around healthcare...

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Anticipating 3G devices DUBLIN,...

  MEC is critical for both wireless and wireline carriers With 5G rolling out across the globe, there's been substantial attention showered on edge computing as a crucial enabler for specific capabilities such as ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) support. Edge and 5G have become synonymous even...

A so-called 5G+ combination of edge computing, data analytics, and private networking will drive the global economy upwards by seven percent, potentially, or $8 trillion, in 2030. So says a comprehensive-looking new study by Nokia and Nokia Bell Labs, which also reckons spending on...

Rockwell Automation and Microsoft have signed a new five-year deal to combine their expertise in operational and information technology (OT and IT), to deliver new edge-to-cloud IoT solutions that bring connectivity and intelligence for industrial transformation. The deal will focus, in a major way,...

Yesterday's networks were built around predictability of demand. Tomorrow's networks must be built for unpredictability. The rise in devices, the need for connectivity, and the thirst for new services & applications mean your business and network must transform. The heart of that transformation is...

Arm has announced a new 64-bit Linux-capable Cortex-R processor, designed for the kind of computational edge-based storage solutions that will underpin new heavy-duty AI applications in demanding industrial IoT scenarios. The new top-of-the-line Arm Cortex-R82 is the company’s first 64-bit, Linux-capable processor in the company’s...

The Edge, while frequently discussed as something new, is in fact another technical turn of the crank. Fueled by an abundance of smart devices and IoT sensors, worldwide data creation has been growing exponentially, driving our customers and partners to innovate. For example, between...

The industry is moving rapidly towards a 5G world with analysts predicting that we’ll reach 1 billion global subscribers by 2024. The 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) is ramping up, and its effects will permeate most societies and economies with 5G acting as a prime...

Immersive experiences are about to get a whole lot better with 5G. New immersive technologies are coming, enabling exciting and innovative audio and visual experiences that will make people feel more involved with real or created environments as if they were there in person. 5G...

Mobile network operators are “uniquely placed” to provide a fully integrated solution for ‘verticals’ that encompasses networking, edge and cloud-based compute infrastructure, and data and device management platforms, according to the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance. The alliance, representing mobile operators across the globe,...

Deutsche Telekom’s IT and cloud services division T-Systems has teamed up with robot maker and automation specialist KUKA to offer a combined Industry 4.0 package for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector. The pair have compiled a ready-to-go bundle of industrial IoT...

Imagine a framework where devices can share computing resources and services seamlessly with other devices and leverage programmable network capabilities to optimally analyze the data and deliver business outcomes. IoT, social media and new edge deployments enabled by 5G and AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence /...

Verizon and IBM are combining their capabilities in 5G connectivity, edge and cloud computing, and data analytics to service the industrial market’s pursuit of digital change, as part of the so-called Industry 4.0 movement. The collaboration will see the pair collaborate on these various technologies...

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...

  Accelerate Transformation Communications service providers (CSPs) are amid rapid transformation. This change is driven by an increasing demand for low-latency, high-bandwidth services from both enterprises and consumers, and enabled by a new generation of advanced technologies. 5G and edge computing have unique network requirements,...

AT&T and Accenture have teamed up on private cellular for US oil company Phillips 66. The trio are developing a bespoke industrial LTE and 5G setup for low-latency refinery automation and analytics, they said. The solution utilises AT&T’s public network and edge compute infrastructure.  The...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) has introduced an 'edge orchestrator' to enable telecoms carriers to bundle-up and resell edge-based compute, connectivity, and apps to verticals on a subscription basis, and to attack the Industry 4.0 space. The offer is presented by HPE as a means for...

AI-based models facilitate a transition to automated operations using machine vision data Underpinning the grand vision of a more efficient, productive, sustainable Industry 4.0 is the ability to use sensors of all types to collect information from the physical world. This sensor data can be...

AI-based models facilitate a transition to automated operations using machine vision data Underpinning the grand vision of a more efficient, productive, sustainable Industry 4.0 is the ability to use sensors of all types to collect information from the physical world. This sensor data can be...

To fully capture the potential value of low latency 5G connections, computing has to be localized at the edge of the network. The combination of 5G and edge computing provides the technology to deliver real-time services. Given the monumental investment delivering pervasive 5G requires, what...

In research for a new report on industrial AR, Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Justin Paul, director of marketing at Zeetta Networks, to discuss the challenges with AR (and VR) setups in the industrial space, as well as Zeetta Networks’ involvement in the...

In research for a new report on industrial AR, Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Ian Henderson, chief technologist for manufacturing at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, to discuss the challenges with contemporary AR (and VR) setups in the industrial space. Here is the interview, in...

To fully capture the potential value of low latency 5G connections, computing has to be localized at the edge of the network. The combination of 5G and edge computing provides the technology to deliver real-time services. Given the monumental investment delivering pervasive 5G requires, what...