80% of Service Provider Execs Say Already Building Edge Computing

Some 80 percent of respondents to a 451 Research survey of global service provider executives  already are deploying mobile edge computing infrastructure or intend to deploy it ahead of their impending 5G rollouts, the 451 Research analysts say.

At a regional level, North America is far and away the leader in terms of in-progress MEC deployment, 451 Research says. Some 68 percent of respondents are already deploying MEC infrastructure to prepare for 5G deployments.

The next closest regions in terms of current MEC deployments are Latin America and the Middle East/Africa, both reporting 40 percent.

source: 451 Research