AWS gets in the 5g game

AWS gets in the 5g game.

Allow me to introduce you to AWS Wavelength.

AWS Wavelength allows you to boot up EC2 instances and a few other miscellaneous services running in a “Wavelength Zone” and then route 5g traffic directly to that infrastructure.

AWS partnered with 5g providers in a handful of cities around the world so that you can get low-latency performance wirelessly.

Technically, it launched 5 years ago, and I have not heard much about it, but sure enough, I can boot up an EC2 instance in Chicago and route 5g traffic directly to it.

It sounds like autonomous driving is a big use case for AWS Wavelength, but I could see drone projects using it as well. Other use cases also include low-latency video streaming.

I’ll be honest: I have not had a use case that required AWS Wavelength, but with the rise of autonomous vehicles, drones, and robotics, it is likely only a matter of time.

What use cases can you think of for AWS Wavelength?