Verizon, Amazon Pilot Enables Low Latency Applications on 5G Mobile Devices

Verizon is using Amazon Web Services for a 5G pilot where developers can deploy applications requiring ultra-low latency to 5G mobile devices, they said Tuesday. Developers could deliver latency-sensitive uses like machine learning inference, autonomous industrial equipment, smart cars and cities, IoT and augmented and virtual reality. Placing AWS compute and storage services at the edge of Verizon’s 5G network with AWS Wavelength brings processing power and storage physically closer to users and their devices. Customers in the Chicago trial include Bethesda Softworks and the NFL. Additional deployments are planned across the U.S. in 2020.