VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS Verizon will become the first company to use AWS Wavelength, a service platform that provides mobile app developers with the ability to create ultra-low latency software designed for mobile devices using 5G, which is expected to become the new digital communications standard in the coming years.
The fifth-generation, or 5G, network is faster than the current 4G, and is meant to facilitate the development and implementation of the "Internet of Things", that is, the expansion of connectivity to all kinds of objects beyond those traditionally linked to the online world.
Though some 5G networks have already been deployed in various parts of the world, the technology is still in its early stages, with real growth expected to come in 2020.
In fact, the main mobile manufacturers have already launched, or are expected to announce soon the launch of models compatible with the 5G standard.
"AWS Wavelength provides the same AWS environment - APIs, management console, and tools - that they're using today at the edge of the 5G network," AWS CEO
"Starting with Verizon's 5G network locations in the US, customers will be able to deploy the latency-sensitive portions of an application at the edge to provide single-digit millisecond latency to mobile and connected devices," he said.
The companies are currently testing AWS Wavelength on Verizon's 5G Edge, billed as the world's first Mobile Edge Compute platform, with a select group of customers that includes award-winning video game publisher Bethesda Softworks and the
With a global market share of around 40 percent, AWS is the dominant player in cloud computing services, an industry that has experienced rapid growth in recent years, followed by Microsoft's Azure and Google Cloud. EFE
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