10 October 2022
Singtel and Intel have agreed to collaborate to establish a 5G Multi-access Edge Compute (MEC) incubator that will allow enterprises to adopt 5G seamlessly, deploy applications that need low latency processing at the edge, drive innovation and accelerate their digital transformation.
The collaboration will focus on developing the application and ecosystems to deliver transformational enterprise and consumer use cases like high-definition content delivery, video analytics, cloud gaming, virtual-augmented-mixed reality and metaverse. The incubator will be powered by Intel’s 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors and Intel Data Center GPU, dubbed Ponte Vecchio, and supported by Singtel’s Paragon, a one-stop orchestration platform for 5G edge computing and cloud services, which will simplify the adoption of 5G services for enterprises.
Enterprises can use the incubator to deliver 5G use cases, including ready-to-deploy applications for rapid trials and proof of concepts for research and development. One of the first successful trials on the platform is a content delivery solution. Other ongoing trials include a video analytics AI solution in collaboration with Axis Communications, energy-saving technology developed by Quanta that enables a more sustainable MEC platform for enterprises, and a mixed reality usage solution for real-time workspace collaboration with HTC.
“Singtel’s 5G network and Paragon MEC platform are transforming operations in sectors such as advanced manufacturing, smart logistics, healthcare, retail, transportation and urban planning,” said Bill Chang, CEO, group enterprise and regional data centre business, Singtel.
“As enterprises navigate a significant digital transformation, technologies like 5G, edge, artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud play a key role in helping to deliver new use cases,” said Christoph Schell, executive VP and chief commercial officer at Intel. “Our collaboration with Singtel will help accelerate use of these technologies to solve real business challenges, by utilising our unique combination of hardware and software spanning Xeon, GPUs, Smart Edge, OpenVINO and more, and also a broad portfolio of ecosystem innovations.”
