Verizon Communications recently signed a deal with Alphabet Inc’s Google Cloud to utilise the tech firm’s 5G network and computing prowess to offer services such as autonomous robots and smart factories.
Verizon has also been making private 5G deals in several other countries and has partnered with other cloud operators such as Microsoft’s Azure and Amazon’s AWS.
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Several telecom companies have been partnering with technology firms to automate businesses and factories to lower costs and speed up data traffic through private 5G networks that do not jostle for speed with others on a public network.
Ericsson, which supplies telecom gear to Verizon, will pilot the new service at its 5G smart factory in the United States.
A camera attached to an autonomous mobile robot will scan packages to maintain inventory and using computer vision, the robot will send details over 5G to an inventory management system, providing real-time analytics.
