Microsoft is planning to use its partner, AT&T's, 5G equipment in order for them to be able to make Azure cloud faster. While mobile carriers are now starting to build out the upcoming 5G network, Microsoft also wants to make that particular equipment a part of the company's very own Azure cloud.
Microsoft is Planning to Use AT&T's 5G Equipment to Help Improve Its Azure Cloud Products
According to the story by Bloomberg, Microsoft wants to use the equipment in order to speed up delivery of certain services towards nearby customers. To add, the publication also explained how the partnership will work.
Microsoft, as of press time, already "built a massive network" which amounts to more than 60 data center regions all around the world. Through this network, customers are able to rent storage and computing power.
Microsoft Plans to Provide Power Closer to Customers
Over the course of the past few years, however, the company has also started selling certain services that allow customers to be able to crunch data or even perform certain tasks on devices that are located directly on the client's site.
As of writing, Microsoft is looking to use 5G equipment coming from partners just like AT&T in order to provide certain processing power that is reportedly located much closer towards a number of customers. This distance is in comparison to certain regional datacenters since it is believed that the closer they are, the faster the speed will be.
Azure for Operators Strategy Update
Microsoft's Executive Vice President for Strategic Missions and Tech, Jason Zander, noted that 5G is "amazing technology" especially when it comes to particular scenarios. However, Zander has also noted that not everything can just be stuck in a cloud.
Microsoft is expected to update its very own Azure for Operations strategy and products at the Mobile World Congress, which is taking in Barcelona until March 3.
Microsoft to Use Mobile Phone Networks to be Closer to Customers
For context, Microsoft makes money through the sale of Azure products directly to mobile operators.
Mobile operators then use the company's tools in order to create their very own service they are to sell to certain mobile phone users. In addition to this, being able to use mobile phone networks will then allow Microsoft to offer customers a process that is described as much "closer to them."
The closer locations will include factories as well as stores.
On the other hand, Amazon, one of Microsoft's larger rivals, has also been looking into certain similar ideas over the course of the past years in order for the company to use its Outposts products.
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AT&T Looks to Bring 5G Network Through Microsoft's Technologies
Microsoft is announcing numerous things including AT&T looking at bringing private 5G wireless networks to certain businesses, the public sector, and even universities. This is said to be through the use of the ech giant's technologies.
Microsoft will reportedly be offering its very own private 5G for business customers as well.
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Written by Urian B.
