Verizon Teams with Microsoft to Offer Private 5G Mobile Edge Computing
19 Octobre 2020 - 8:30PM
Verizon is joining forces with Microsoft Corp. to create new ways
for enterprises to accelerate the delivery of fast and secure 5G
applications, benefiting from reliable and low latency connections.
Verizon’s on-site 5G Edge network integrated with Azure edge
services can enable ultra-low latency, many times faster than the
blink of an eye, which can help businesses tap into real-time data
analysis and delivery.
Applications incorporating computer vision, augmented, mixed and
virtual reality, digital twins or machine learning can be enhanced
with 5G and MEC on the customer premise, helping transform the way
industries such as retail, transportation, and logistics operate:
Think of automated high-precision asset localization, tracking and
positioning in manufacturing. In healthcare, the increased speed,
reduced latency and high bandwidth connectivity of 5G networks
could enable real-time precision medicine leveraging mixed reality
and AI capabilities as well as seamless and fast sharing of large
files to improve patient care.
The collaboration brings Azure cloud and edge capabilities
together with Verizon’s on-site 5G Edge, a mobile edge computing
platform designed to enable developers to build applications for
mobile end-users and wireless edge devices with ultra-low latency.
By providing on-site private 5G, businesses will realize increased
power efficiencies and reduced costs of end user devices, while
helping to address their privacy and security needs.
“We have built a network that provides real-world, 5G-enabled
solutions TODAY,” said Rima Qureshi, EVP and Chief Strategy Officer
at Verizon. “By bringing together Verizon’s 5G network and on-site
5G Edge platform with Microsoft’s expertise in cloud services, we
will enable the development of the next generation technologies
everyone has been envisioning.”
Logistics and supply chain solutions company Ice Mobility is
already testing on Verizon’s on-site 5G Edge platform, integrated
with Microsoft Azure. The company is using 5G and MEC to help with
computer vision assisted product packing. By gathering data in near
real-time on product packing errors, the company has the potential
to improve on-site quality assurance and save 15% to 30% in
processing time.
“We are especially excited to join Verizon and Microsoft to test
how 5G and MEC can improve the quality assurance process,” said
Mike Mohr, CEO of Ice Mobility. “They truly have listened to our
needs to provide automated real-time quality oversight and
feedback, which will enable us to cost-effectively launch unique
new products, while maintaining the highest execution standards,
significantly increasing throughput and reducing costs. And, this
is just the beginning.”
“By leveraging Verizon’s 5G network integrated with Microsoft’s
cloud and edge capabilities, developers and businesses can benefit
from fast, secure and reliable connections to deliver seamless
digital experiences from massive industrial IoT workloads to
precision medicine,” said Yousef Khalidi, corporate vice president
Azure for Operators at Microsoft.
Moving forward, Verizon will explore opportunities to
co-innovate with Microsoft to deliver new value to industries
ranging from manufacturing to healthcare.
Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network enables throughput at least
25 times faster than today’s 4G networks*; delivers ultra-low
latency; and offers very high bandwidth. Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband
is expected to eventually enable 100 times larger data volumes than
4G; and the ability to connect more than a million devices per
kilometer. Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband service is available to
people in 55 cities and its 5G Nationwide service is available to
more than 200 million people in more than 1,800 cities around the
US.
Learn more information about Verizon 5G Edge, Verizon’s 5G
technology and explore how Microsoft is working with operators.
View the Ice Mobility video here.
About Verizon
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on
June 30, 2000 and is celebrating its 20th year as one of the
world’s leading providers of technology, communications,
information and entertainment products and services. Headquartered
in New York City and with a presence around the world, Verizon
generated revenues of $131.9 billion in 2019. The company offers
data, video and voice services and solutions on its award-winning
networks and platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for
mobility, reliable network connectivity, security and control.
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* Source: Based on analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence®
data median download speeds from Verizon 5G results compared to the
median 4G LTE speeds of top U.S. carriers combined in Q3 2020.
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transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and intelligent
edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization
on the planet to achieve more.
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