Verizon and AWS are now offering mobile edge computing in more U.S.
metro areas with the addition of Charlotte, Detroit, Los Angeles
and Minneapolis. Verizon 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength, a real-time
cloud computing platform, brings AWS compute and storage services
to the edge of Verizon’s wireless network. The combination
minimizes the latency and network hops required to connect from an
application hosted on the platform to the end user’s device.
Launched in August 2020, the companies currently offer mobile edge
computing via AWS Wavelength Zones in 17 locations in the U.S.
Using 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength allows developers and businesses
to build and deploy a variety of applications such as machine
learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and video and game streaming.
Using Verizon 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength for drone and
energy management applications
Fermata Energy, a Verizon Ventures company, and Easy Aerial are
among the innovators who participated in the 5G Studio, a
collaboration between Verizon and Newlab, to develop transformative
technology solutions leveraging Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network
technology and Verizon 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength at
Newlab.
Easy Aerial is a leading provider of American-made,
military-grade, autonomous drone-in-a-box-based monitoring and
inspection solutions for commercial, government, and military
applications. With the low end-to-end latency enabled by Verizon 5G
Edge with AWS Wavelength, Easy Aerial was able to collect and
transfer live drone video for near real-time object detection and
telemetry data for rapid processing and analysis. 5G and mobile
edge computing also allowed expensive compute to be removed from
the drone, reportedly saving about 10% in drone costs and
increasing flight time by approximately 40%.
“Being able to utilize the high bandwidth for unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) that Verizon 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength provides
is a game changer,” said Ivan Stamatovski, CTO of Easy Aerial. “It
shifts the paradigm on what is possible to achieve with airborne
sensors by processing data at the edge of the network in near
real-time.”
Fermata Energy’s Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) technology turns
electric vehicles (EVs) into mini power plants by discharging
energy services from EVs’ batteries to the home, building, or
energy grid. Using a bidirectional charger connected both to an EV
and a building’s energy load, Fermata Energy’s cloud-based
software, running on Verizon 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength, reacted
to changes in the grid and, as a result, load-balance data in near
real-time with very low latency, according to Fermata Energy. This
allows Fermata Energy to dispatch an EV as a valuable energy
resource providing near real-time response to the state of the
grid.
Watch the Fermata video for more.
Teaming with SaaS providers to make it a breeze for
developers
Verizon and AWS are also working with software as a service
(SaaS) providers Couchbase and Confluent to make it easier for
developers who use their platforms to create applications running
on Verizon 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength. Using infrastructure
templates, Verizon and AWS seamlessly extended the capabilities of
these providers to the edge to automate the complexity of edge
networking, core compute, and the software itself.
Couchbase empowers developers to build, deploy and run their
most mission-critical applications by providing a high-performance,
flexible and scalable modern database that runs across the data
center and any cloud. By working with Couchbase, Verizon and AWS
are enabling native data storage and processing at the network edge
at high performance and scale.
View the Couchbase video.
Confluent’s data in motion platform enables enterprises to
connect and process real-time data across multi-cloud and hybrid
environments to power new IoT analytics and
applications.
“Using Verizon 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength and Confluent, our
joint customers are able to build real-time IoT connections with
ultra-low latency. This allows organizations to intelligently
respond to events happening essentially in real-time as they deploy
more 5G-enabled devices across their organizations to power
next-generation digital experiences and business processes,” said
Gerry Fierling, Sr. Director, Global AWS Alliance, Confluent.
To easily integrate the entire 5G Edge footprint into mobile
applications, Verizon also offers developers the 5G Edge Discovery
Service that seamlessly discovers the optimal mobile edge compute
location for any Verizon mobile client. The Edge Discovery Service,
alongside a broader suite of APIs, is available on the 5G Edge
developer portal.
“Through our continued collaboration with AWS, we’re helping
developers and businesses in every industry create truly
transformational applications for use cases such as immersive VR
gaming, video distribution, and connected and autonomous vehicles,”
said Tami Erwin, CEO of Verizon Business. “By expanding our 5G Edge
locations across the U.S., we’re enabling developers to quickly and
easily build apps and services that take advantage of the low
latency, massive bandwidth and strong reliability of 5G and edge
computing.”
“Customers that want to build ultra-low latency applications
need access to compute, storage, and advanced cloud services at the
edge of the 5G network. They tell us that broad coverage is very
important to ensure consistent application experiences, wherever
their end-users may be,” said George Elissaios, general manager of
AWS Wavelength and Director of Product Management, AWS. “With the
continued and rapid expansion of AWS Wavelength Zones across the US
and around the world, we are delivering on that, while also
broadening access to advanced 5G and edge capabilities to every AWS
customer, small or large. We’re excited to see the innovation that
customers like Easy Aerial and Fermata Energy bring with novel
applications that transform consumers’ experiences by leveraging
AWS Wavelength on Verizon 5G Edge.”
Verizon 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength is currently available in 17
locations including Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas,
Denver, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami,
Minneapolis, New York City, Phoenix, the San Francisco Bay Area,
Seattle and Washington DC.
Learn more information about Verizon 5G Edge and Verizon’s 5G
technology.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on
June 30, 2000 and is one of the world’s leading providers of
technology and communications services. Headquartered in New York
City and with a presence around the world, Verizon generated
revenues of $128.3 billion in 2020. The company offers data, video
and voice services and solutions on its award-winning networks and
platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for mobility, reliable
network connectivity, security and control.
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