- There is strong commitment from communications service providers (CoSPs) to implement multi-access edge computing (MEC), with 69% planning deployment within 24 months. MEC is seen as a key enabler of 5G, IoT, and other technologies.
- MEC is viewed as both a technical and business transformation agent. It supports new services, reduces costs, and fosters open ecosystems. Important use cases driving MEC include 5G, video delivery, virtual customer premises equipment, IoT, and enterprise applications.
- For CoSPs to fully realize the benefits of MEC, key challenges around ecosystem and standards immaturity, as well as hardware limitations, must be addressed by vendors to
Exploring the Future Potential of AI-Enabled Smartphone Processors
Transforming the Edge
1. Independent market research and
competitive analysis of next-generation
business and technology solutions for
service providers and vendors
Transforming the Edge:
The Rise of MEC
A Heavy Reading white paper produced for Intel
AUTHOR: JIM HODGES, PRINCIPAL ANALYST, HEAVY READING