Amazon, Verizon Partner to Push Computing to Millions of Devices
- Tech-carrier tieups aim at $4 trillion ‘edge-computing’ market
- Microsoft and AT&T also have 5G-cloud services collaboration
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Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud services division is teaming up with Verizon Communications Inc. to offer a 5G service that will push computing power closer to customers and enable a new generation of video gaming, robotic controls and car automation.
The two companies are in a race with Microsoft Corp. and AT&T Inc. to dominate “edge computing,” which allows millions of connected devices to more quickly reach a data service rather than waiting for a remote server farm to do the job.