Verizon has ventured into the edge processing industry, through their Intelligent Edge Network (iEN) that runs internally using their own commercial hardware to support the cloud. Their approach to reducing latency is to consolidate geographic network range in order to remove "hops" or catches in data transfer from one center to a device. They have recently tested their 5G edge network in early 2019 and are looking to further diversify their product offerings in this area. Their patents comprise of resiliency methods from offloading changes and altering an open content delivery network.
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