Vendor Nokia and Austrian mobile operator A1 say they have completed the first 5G edge cloud network slicing trial with Microsoft.
In the trial, A1 transmitted real-time video feeds from several mobile devices. These feeds used Microsoft Azure cloud edge infrastructure and were transmitted over an independent network slice set up by Nokia.
Using a dedicated network slice allowed A1 to isolate its public Internet and enterprise traffic while keeping critical business traffic local.
“We are excited to lead the industry with the deployment of edge cloud network slicing with Nokia and Microsoft Azure,” says A1 CEO Marcus Grausam.”This innovative solution enables A1 to deliver secure, reliable and high-performance enterprise VPN services integrated with edge cloud applications over our 4G/LTE and 5G networks.”
