It increasingly is impossible to clearly delineate the value, strategic or revenue potential of 5G separately from the other companion developments that create value, strategic potential and incremental revenue.
Consider edge computing and 5G for consumer mobile devices. Most observers now would agree that internet access, supplied by connectivity providers, is part of the broader internet ecosystem. Likewise, most of the growing use cases and revenue drivers depend on connectivity, but are not directly “owned” by connectivity providers.
That is the basic reason behind the interest, in some cases, in connectivity provider ownership and participation in adjacent parts of the ecosystem (applications, real estate, platform), beyond connectivity.
By 2028, 4G and 5G mobile consumer and residential consumer applications will dominate the edge computing footprint, for example, says the State of the Edge 2020 report. A growing number of those apps would not be consumable without edge computing plus the latency performance and bandwidth made possible by 5G.
The edge computing power footprint for mobile and residential consumers will reach 16938 megawatts and 10843 MW, respectively by 2028, the report says.
Edge computing power footprints for service providers and enterprise IT is expected to increase 7117 MW and 5800 MW, respectively.
source: State of the Edge 2020
Mobile operators especially will be significant users of edge computing to support their own internal operations, including their virtualized 5G core and access network facilities.
source: State of the Edge 2020
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