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5G and edge computing: the winning formula to deliver private networks

Telcos are now looking to private 5G deployments to accelerate their return on investment (ROI) in the network, bringing the technology closer to those that can consume it.

• 10 hours ago

How many EU cross border 5G autonomous car projects do we need?

The other project designed to play around with 5G connected autonomous cars crossing European borders has reemerged, in this case championed by Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson.

• 6 days ago

EU recruits telecoms giants to develop connected car industry

The 5G-Carmen project is a pilot scheme that leveraged 5G and edge installations to test some spicier capabilities of autonomous cars.

• 23 Jun 2022

The Telecoms.com Podcast: Giganet, edge and India

Our run of special guests continues as we’re delighted to welcome Jarlath Finnegan, CEO of UK fibreco Giganet. Jarlath treated the whole pod team to a selection of Irish whiskies so, before finding out all about Giganet and the UK fibre market they were compelled to have a taste of all of them. They eventually meander onto a recent mobile edge event that Iain attended before concluding with the latest on the chaotic Indian telecoms scene.

• 20 Jun 2022

Telenor says edge providers should be happy adoption isn’t happening any faster

Terje Jensen SVP of Network Architecture at MNO Telenor said of the speed of edge infrastructure adoption: “I think we kind of have to be happy that it’s probably not moving as fast as originally planned.”

• 14 Jun 2022

Telco leaders assess the pros and cons of going to the edge

Speakers from big tech and the telecoms industry gathered for The Edge Event in London to wax around the potential and also the difficulties involved in the brave new world of edge computing.

• 14 Jun 2022

Qualcomm snaps up network automation firm Cellwize

US mobile chip giant Qualcomm has acquired network automation firm Cellwize in order to further its ambitions in 5G and edge computing.

• 13 Jun 2022

Nvidia and friends build a 5G VR workspace for engineers

Chip giant Nvidia has got a gang of firms together to build a virtual collaborative industrial workspace using edge computing and what it says is the world’s first 5G-enabled VR.

• 13 Jun 2022

Verizon splurges 5G novelties over Miami Grand Prix

This weekend’s Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix will be feature of a series of fancy retail and video experiences powered by Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network.

• 06 May 2022

The Telecoms.com Podcast: Twitter, Nokia and the edge

All pretence at time discipline is abandoned this week as the lads break the two-hour mark despite not even having a guest. The main reason for this is the decision to lead with Twitter, which opens up several other cans of worms. They eventually move on to Nokia, which recently announced its latest numbers, and conclude by trying to work out what the point of edge computing is.

• 03 May 2022

Bell launches AWS-powered edge services

Bell’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) partnership reached a new milestone this week with the commercial launch of multi-access edge computing (MEC) services.

• 28 Apr 2022

Nokia kicks off MWC with commercial 5G edge slicing trials

Finnish kit vendor Nokia has hit the ground running at this year’s Mobile World Congress, announcing commercial 5G edge slicing trials with Cellcom and Telia.

• 28 Feb 2022

Elisa gets further into bed with Google Cloud

Finnish telco Elisa has brought in hyperscaler Google Cloud to build out new public cloud facilitated services.

• 28 Feb 2022

Nokia’s Kyndryl partnership could leave telcos out in the cold

Finnish kit maker Nokia and IBM’s former IT infrastructure arm Kyndryl have teamed up to go after the private networking and edge computing markets.

• 17 Feb 2022

DT and Ericsson launch new 5G SA campus offering

Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson have partnered on a new standalone 5G private campus network offering, aimed at on-site business communication infrastructure.

• 31 Jan 2022

Telenor dives further into the public cloud with new AWS deal

Norwegian telecoms group Telenor has signed a new public cloud deal with AWS to help it expand its 5G and edge computing offering.

• 20 Jan 2022

Edge spending on track to hit $176 billion this year

Enterprises and service providers alike are preparing to spend big to unlock the benefits of edge computing.

• 14 Jan 2022

Ericsson and EE team up for Green Planet 5G showcase

Kit vendor Ericson and UK MNO EE have put together The Green Planet AR Experience, which seems to be designed to show off edge computing 5G capabilities.  

• 12 Jan 2022

Vodafone partners with Proximie for 5G and IoT powered healthcare

Health technology platform Proximie has partnered with Vodafone Business to digitise operating rooms with 5G, IoT and edge computing installations.

• 11 Jan 2022

Telecoms industry remains optimistic despite everything

Seven out ten respondents to the 2021 Telecoms.com Annual Industry Survey are largely happy with how this year went and more are expecting a strong 2022.

• 01 Dec 2021