Verizon & AWS Expand Mobile Edge Computing by 30 Percent
Verizon & AWS Expand Mobile Edge Computing by 30 Percent
February 3, 2022
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Verizon and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced they will be expanding their mobile edge computing (MEC) services to more U.S. metro areas, including Charlotte, Detroit, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis.
Verizon and AWS first announced their partnership in 2019, stating they’ll be bringing together Verizon’s 5G Edge network with AWS Wavelength to expand AWS compute and storage services to the edge of Verizon’s wireless network. The goal of this is to help reduce the distance data travels by moving processing closer to the user. First launched in August of 2020, MEC through AWS Wavelength zones was available in 17 locations throughout the U.S., including Boston, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, and Washington, D.C., to name a few.
According to Verizon, using 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength will allow companies to develop and deploy applications with ultra-low latencies that support next-gen use cases like machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and autonomous industrial equipment.
“Through our continued collaboration with AWS, we’re helping developers and businesses in every industry create truly transformational applications for use cases such as immersive VR gaming, video distribution, and connected and autonomous vehicles,” said Tami Erwin, Verizon Business CEO. “By expanding our 5G Edge locations across the U.S., we’re enabling developers to quickly and easily build apps and services that take advantage of the low latency, massive bandwidth and strong reliability of 5G and edge computing.”
For more information about the expansion, read Verizon’s full press release here.