{"id":34247,"date":"2022-05-09T09:50:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T08:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/futurenetworks\/?p=34247"},"modified":"2022-05-09T09:50:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T08:50:21","slug":"google-acquires-edge-computing-company-mobiledgex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/google-acquires-edge-computing-company-mobiledgex\/","title":{"rendered":"Google acquires edge computing company MobiledgeX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has announced its acquisition of MobiledgeX, with the intention of making the code open source and running it as part of Google Cloud. Founded in 2018, MobiledgeX was a Deutsche Telekom\u2013backed company, which developed federated telco edge cloud solutions that complied with GSMA standards. At MWC22, in a world first, the company (in partnership with Bridge Alliance, Singtel and Telef\u00f3nica) successfully achieved an interconnection between two heterogeneous multi-access edge computing (MEC) platforms as part of a GSMA Foundry Telco Edge Cloud trial.<\/p>\n<p>GSMA Intelligence <a title=\"http:\/\/click.email.gsma.com\/?qs=612ad5950652c46a26e89a9bc250d41448310da1d0f946d06fa4d88eafce5ddbd4f4090bb49d0713494e8d8c815f17afe7985f2177973aef\" contenteditable=\"false\" href=\"http:\/\/click.email.gsma.com\/?qs=612ad5950652c46a26e89a9bc250d41448310da1d0f946d06fa4d88eafce5ddbd4f4090bb49d0713494e8d8c815f17afe7985f2177973aef\" data-linkto=\"https:\/\/\">research <\/a>highlights that 41% of operators view edge computing as their greatest strategic imperative with regard to new technology and initiatives, but 57% believe that edge computing will be the most difficult to implement. This highlights the value of partnering with specialist edge vendors, such as MobiledgeX, that have expertise in edge computing solutions and technologies to enable a faster time to market. Google\u2019s acquisition does not represent the end for operator partnerships with MobiledgeX \u2013 there are already many high-profile edge computing partnerships between hyperscalers and telcos. However, it does raise questions about MobiledgeX\u2019s previously announced plans to integrate various hyperscaler offerings.<\/p>\n<p>Further work is being done to standardise federation and interoperability of telco edge clouds. For example, the <a title=\"http:\/\/click.email.gsma.com\/?qs=612ad5950652c46a64eff2e61c3c2b41e5cdcf583eae853a23c519978470a4aa150073390a9ccfc4c3a79dd73285553250440f7c5e75a9e2\" contenteditable=\"false\" href=\"http:\/\/click.email.gsma.com\/?qs=612ad5950652c46a64eff2e61c3c2b41e5cdcf583eae853a23c519978470a4aa150073390a9ccfc4c3a79dd73285553250440f7c5e75a9e2\" data-linkto=\"https:\/\/\">GSMA\u2019s Operator Platform Group<\/a> brings together developers, operators, platform providers and the broader ecosystem to transform MEC services and create the level of commonality required to achieve global, interoperable scale. The Operator Platform Group is focused on further developing telco edge requirements while supporting <a title=\"http:\/\/click.email.gsma.com\/?qs=612ad5950652c46a2f440bb36b3f188883f7a37b719d6cfa08a985c0abf233cf0a6fe011f0610325d53f3ac9b7b89760e0504bce751804c3\" contenteditable=\"false\" href=\"http:\/\/click.email.gsma.com\/?qs=612ad5950652c46a2f440bb36b3f188883f7a37b719d6cfa08a985c0abf233cf0a6fe011f0610325d53f3ac9b7b89760e0504bce751804c3\" data-linkto=\"https:\/\/\">Telco Edge Cloud Forum<\/a> activities.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/click.email.gsma.com\/?qs=612ad5950652c46a2181f9ed1a176a843936d91f069a286972966edde41e8635b12317f1a35ed6d630f31e414d7cb534a035827891e16806\" contenteditable=\"false\" href=\"http:\/\/click.email.gsma.com\/?qs=612ad5950652c46a2181f9ed1a176a843936d91f069a286972966edde41e8635b12317f1a35ed6d630f31e414d7cb534a035827891e16806\" data-linkto=\"https:\/\/\">Click here to read more (Mobile World Live)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has announced its acquisition of MobiledgeX, with the intention of making the code open source and running it as part of Google Cloud. Founded in 2018, MobiledgeX was a Deutsche Telekom\u2013backed company, which developed federated telco edge cloud solutions that complied with GSMA standards. At MWC22, in a world first, the company (in partnership [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":30482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6894,60,15294],"tags":[],"algolia_discover_type":[15357],"class_list":["post-34247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5g-digest","category-latest-news","category-operator-platform","algolia_discover_type-article"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Google acquires edge computing company MobiledgeX - Networks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/google-acquires-edge-computing-company-mobiledgex\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Google acquires edge computing company MobiledgeX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Google has announced its acquisition of MobiledgeX, with the intention of making the code open source and running it as part of Google Cloud. 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