Telecom

5G in Search of a Return on Investment

by
Rob Tiffany

5G in Search of a Return on Investment
Digital Insights Podcast🎙️15

Despite being the hottest thing around, #5G costs a lot of money to roll out. Just ask all the mobile operators who are spending tens of billions of dollars to buy spectrum to accommodate this latest “G.” Subscribers with their new 5G smartphones in hand have already made it clear that they won’t pay extra for faster speeds. This leaves carriers scrambling to find other ways to monetize their new networks.

5G and MEC Explained

by
Rob Tiffany

5G and MEC Explained
Rob Tiffany Digital Podcast🎙️14

Just when you thought you had “Edge Computing” figured out, here comes #5G MEC. What in the heck is MEC? The acronym stands for mobile #edge computing. Lately, it’s also been multichannel edge computing and even multi-access edge computing. The takeaway is that mobile operators are putting edge compute capabilities at the edge of the cellular network like at the cell tower or within their various metro data centers. This results in lower latency for compute workloads and it frees-up network bandwidth that would otherwise be clogged with requests for cloud resources.