The 5G Open Innovation Lab, a Seattle-based “innovation ecosystem” backed by T-Mobile, Amdocs, Dell Technologies, Intel, Microsoft, NASA and VMware, announced last week the 15 companies joining the program for Spring 2021. Lab General Partner Jim Brisimitzis said the initial goal was to “develop the software ecosystem for 5G and edge computing. Our third batch combines the best of applications and infrastructure companies that will power use cases and important edge computing capabilities.”
To his point about edge, distribution of compute throughout the network is seen as a key enabler of real-time 5G applications. Some of the edge-focused companies participating in the lab incubation are:
