Etisalat and Microsoft have partnered up to use Azure Multi-access Edge Compute to unleash new 5G scenarios as part of their strategic collaboration. The alliance involves establishing 5G edge compute plug-and-play infrastructures for organizations to run industry solutions, leveraging Etisalat Core Orchestration and Azure ARM capabilities.
Edge computing is projected to revolutionize a number of industries by lowering latency and enabling a variety of applications to deliver fast and secure 5G, IoT, and AI services..
“Etisalat Edge Computing solutions will help customers transform the way they operate, especially transportation, smart manufacturing, logistics, and Oil & Gas,” said Khaled Al Suwaidi, Vice President Fixed and Mobile Core at Etisalat.
He added, “This drastically increases the value for traditional networks to transition into 5G to develop intelligent and autonomous next-generation technology that unlocks potential opportunities to our customers.”
“We are proud of the synergy achieved between Etisalat’s advanced 5G capabilities and our Azure Edge and MEC services to unlock a whole new range of distributed applications with a common and consistent architecture for Enterprise customers.” said Naim Yazbeck, Regional Director, Enterprise and Partner Group (EPG), Microsoft UAE.
He also commented, “Azure MEC offers service providers and customers the same set of tools to build and manage their cloud infrastructure. Our customers can maximize their efforts by employing a “build once and deploy many” strategy to optimize their investments.”
This latest partnership builds on Etisalat’s successful partnership with Microsoft last year, when the two companies collaborated to drive a public cloud-first strategy through a digital transformation program that allowed the telecommunications company to create a platform infused with automation and AI.
