AlefEdge and Syniverse are partnering in an effort to offer enterprise customers a turnkey 5G edge networkEdge locations are full deployments of advanced infrastructure next to Internet Exchange Points (IXP) More solution. Syniverse will supply the private wireless network elements, and AlefEdge will contribute edge computeA distributed computing paradigm that brings computation and data storage closer to the sources of data. This is expected to improve response times and save bandwidth. It is an architecture rather than a specific technology. It is a topology- and location-sensitive form of distributed computing. Alef uses edge computing concepts to offer MNaaS. (Mobile Network as a Service) More functions and access to a growing stable of application developers.
Syniverse, which has its roots in roaming interconnection, brings its Global SIMSubscriber Identity Module - The technology that securely stores a users identification information for use on a specific mobile network. More and private wireless capabilities to the partnership. The Global SIM enables policy control and data management, and the private wireless capability includes a longstanding partnership with Microsoft’s Affirmed Networks, which developed a virtualized evolved packet core that can be used in private networks.