Verizon and Microsoft are collaborating to integrate the service provider’s on-site 5G Edge network with Azure edge services to enable ultra-low latency and faster connectivity help businesses enable and utilize real-time data analysis and delivery. The collaboration hopes to more easily enable on-site private 5G, allowing for increased power efficiencies and reduced costs of end user devices.
From Verizon’s perspective, the low latency that can be achieved using mobile edge computing (MEC) “will be increasingly vital as next generation wireless experiences emerge.”