Published: 02 May 2022
The redistribution of compute and storage to the edge is an opportunity for CSPs to use their technology expertise, acting as a service broker over multiple edge clouds, 5G and other telecom layers. This requires CSP CIOs to implement capabilities to enable a 5G distributed edge platform.
Communications service providers (CSPs) can play a unique role in brokering network and operations workloads, particularly with 5G and mobile edge computing (MEC), in the reshaped telecom market landscape which now includes new vendors and hyperscalers.
The redistribution of compute to the edge is an opportunity to accelerate change in the CSP role toward being the de facto service broker over multiple edge clouds and the telecom 5G edge layer.
CSP CIOs responsible for digital transformation and Innovation should:
Build a hybrid approach by combining edge-in with hyperscalers’ technology and capabilities with a focus on 5G, mobile private networks, Internet of
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