Monthly Archives: October 2019

Can Telecom Service Providers Monetize the Edge: On-Premise Edge Computing

By | October 19, 2019
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As 5G rolls out, edge computing is the hope of service providers to finally provide differentiated services. Service provides have two paths to monetize the edge: a consumer services path and an enterprise services path. The former plays to the strengths of the mobile service providers. The latter, enterprise path, is as an incremental opportunity… Read More »

Is OpenRAN The Answer To Low-Cost Networks?

By | October 8, 2019
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Is OpenRAN (Open Radio Access Networks) the path to saving costs in radio access networks? Vodafone seems to think it is as it trials the technology in its networks in the UK and Africa. Among Vodafone’s goals are: 1. Improve supply chain resilience; and 2. Connect rural communities using standardized, lower cost network equipment. This… Read More »