Verizon has added 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) in three additional locations: Chicago, Houston and Phoenix. Verizon 5G Edge, a real-time cloud computing platform, with AWS Wavelength brings AWS compute and storage services to the edge of Verizon’s wireless network.
First launched in Boston and the Bay Area in August 2020, Verizon and AWS’ MEC services shorten the round-trip distance that data needs to travel by moving processing closer to the end user. By moving AWS compute and storage services to the edge of Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network — its mmWave network— the companies said innovators can develop applications with ultra-low latencies that will support next generation use cases ranging from self-driving cars to autonomous industrial equipment.
