As always, connectivity providers provide the highest value when “connecting” servers and other servers, people or machines. In relationship to edge computing, some of the traditional roles likely will prevail.
Connectivity providers terminate their networks “at the side of the building,” with the consumer or business operating their own private premises networks (local area networks).
So wide area network transport and local access to the site are the places where connectivity providers traditionally make their money. Edge computing is contested terrain. The function still is “computing,” so the cloud hyperscalers have a role, essentially extending computing with ultra-low-latency requirements closer to the places data has to be processed.
But many other contestants hope to benefit as well, providing colocation facilities, edge computing server infrastructure, edge apps, integration services or actual “edge computing as a service” offerings.
It remains to be seen which firms ultimately emerge as leaders in those respects. Some service providers hope to become “edge computing as a service” providers. Others see partnerships withy computing as a service suppliers as more logical, where colocation and facilities are the primary value supplied, along with connectivity in the local access area.
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