Operator will combine its private 5G connectivity with Azure Private Edge Zone tech
Duo target companies with ‘Smart Factory’ plans
Telefónica Tech has teamed up with Microsoft Azure to target large enterprise users with a private network offering that combines the operator’s 5G connectivity solution with the hyperscaler’s Azure Private Edge Zone computing platform.
The partners say they aim to “facilitate the deployment of industrial 5G communications and computing solutions” by providing an integrated architecture that “accelerates the adoption of new business processes, included within the concept of ‘Smart Factory’, where the digitization of equipment, intensive use of computing and artificial intelligence to facilitate business decision-making and the security of data, which never leaves enterprise premises, are key points.” (See Telefónica Tech partners with Microsoft to provide the industrial sector with private 5G connectivity and on-premises edge computing.)