Amazon Web Services has launched its AWS Wavelength Zone on the Vodafone 4G/5G network in Manchester, United Kingdom. AWS Wavelength is now available in two locations in the U.K, including the Wavelength Zone that came online in London in June of last year.
AWS Wavelength Zones embed AWS compute and storage services at the edge of communications service providers’ 5G networks while providing access to cloud services running in an AWS Region. By doing so, AWS Wavelength minimizes the latency and network hops required to connect from a 5G device to an application hosted on AWS.
Independent Software Vendors, enterprises, and developers use the AWS Wavelength Zone to build ultra-low latency applications for mobile devices and users. With AWS Wavelength and Vodafone 5G, ultra-low latency applications can be developed for use cases like smart factories, interactive live streaming, autonomous vehicles, and video analytics.
Initial customers for AWS Wavelength in the U.K. include Aurrigo, Sportable, and Immersal. InterDigital, Keyless, Net4 IO. Aurrigo enables autonomous vehicles for passenger transit in urban areas with real-time monitoring. Sportable uses AWS Wavelength and Vodafone 5G to provide interactive experiences at live sports events. Wavelength enables Immersal to provide immersive digital content to support use cases like indoor navigation, city mapping, gaming and ads, and industrial maintenance.
Other early adopters of AWS Wavelength use 5G and edge computing on AWS Wavelength Zones to enable smart factory use cases such as zero-defect manufacturing and augmented robotic telepresence. Keyless uses AWS Wavelength to offer passwordless authentication and personal identity management solutions. Net4 runs video analytics on AWS Wavelength Zones for uses like spill detection, office occupancy, and stock management.
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