World’s First Public Mobile Edge
Announcing MobiledgeX Edge-Cloud R1.0, which is powering the world’s first public mobile edge network with live developer use cases.
This is the first time tier one private mobile infrastructure is directly available to 3rd party application developers and device makers.
The edge is the missing piece in a new value chain that expands the types of devices on mobile networks, secures IoT, makes next-generation content (AR/MR) possible and readies mobile infrastructure to drive the next-generation of applications.
What is the Edge?
The edge is a massively distributed, developer-accessible “cloud” present within existing global and distributed Mobile Networks.
Edge means different things to different people. To some edge is a device, to others edge is on-premise equipment, to others edge is the network location already between the device and cloud.
We believe edge is an algorithm not a location and the largest existence of edge infrastructure available for use today already exists within mobile networks.
Why Edge? Why Now?
The capability of the cloud is always limited by the network connection to the user or device — closer is always better. The cloud started in a centralized form for many good reasons, but with modern architecture and operational automation that centralization is no longer necessary. To build a multi-tenant edge cloud, open to all, required a new business model.
Mobile operators have the resources and know how to operate in federated resource sharing business models (e.g., “roaming”). MobiledgeX is creating a federation of mobile operators to build the edge. Learn more.
Edge software makes deployment and discovery of backend services very easy. MobiledgeX Edge-Cloud R1.0 delivers just that.Diana Hu, Niantic
