MobiledgeX, an edge computing company founded by Deutsche Telekom, completed "what it calls the first public mobile edge network with DT in Germany." The article noted that building a similar edge network in the U.S. is more complicated because unlike European counterparts, most U.S. operators don’t own towers. Rather, companies like Crown Castle do, and Crown Castle is also a minority investor in Vapor IO, which launched the Kinetic Edge Alliance last week and is "developing an edge network of micro-data centers at the base of cell towers (and other locations) across the U.S."
Sami Badri, Credit Suisse explains direct and indirect beneficiaries of 5G
At the CapRE Fourth Annual Greater Seattle & Pacific Northwest Data Center Summit, keynote speaker Sami Bardi, senior analyst at Credit Suisse, spoke about his 5G research. Bardi highlighted companies that are directly, positively impacted by the 5G adoption rate, including AT...
Speaker backs rural broadband proposal
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston announced that he "supports a plan to fund rural broadband by sticking a new tax on e-books, steaming services and other digital goods while lowering an existing tax on traditional services such as landlines and cable TV." In a statement discuss...
Lack of funding poses challenges for expanding broadband access in Pa.
"A group representing rural Pennsylvanians says expanding high speed broadband internet access in the state needs to be a priority this year," but acknowledged that funding for infrastructure upgrades continues to be an imposition. Vince Philips with the Pennsylvania State Grange,...
America desperately needs fiber internet, and the tech giants won’t save us
In a conversation on fiber with Recode’s Peter Kafka and Harvard Law School professor Susan Crawford, Crawford "explained why nationwide access to high-speed fiber internet — already standard in parts of Asia and Europe — is important for everything from the futu...
CES 2019: Las Vegas and Los Angeles see 5G as a game changer for smart cities
Speaking at a roundtable, AT&T VP of IoT and GM of Smart Cities Mike Zeto said "smart cities deployments are already moving from the original focus on getting infrastructure deployed to now concentrating on more citizen-focused applications." Zeto focused on how 5G is needed f...
Broadband reforms welcome, but public must remain vigilant
The Sun Community News Editorial Board published an editorial highlighting concerns about New York State’s broadband program. The editorial encouraged "local lawmakers to develop a systemic structure to capture and direct all telecommunications-related concerns" from residen...