capabilities to both consumer and enterprise customers. The integration of a 5G service-based architecture with hyper-scale cloud providers such as Microsoft Azure and similar services unleashes the availability of a pool of cloud application development talent. In other words, a massive software development pool is potentially available to help accelerate the 5G mobile network development as well in some capacity, and the cloud platform helps to bridge the gap. The global developer population is 24.5 million in 2020, according to Statistica (see https : // ww.statista.com/statistics/627312/worldwide-developer-population/). SlashData estimates the global developer population to exceed 45 million by 2030 (https lash.co/articles/people-behind-your-tech-how-many-developers-are- there-in-the-world/). The majority of these developers focus on public cloud technologies these days. In summary, the convergence of 5G networks and the public cloud opens up the talent pool for network software development. AT&T is working on the following as part of its collaboration with Microsoft Azure: Testing Azure Operator Distributed Services, which will bring hybrid network support to hosted network functions The development of a private 5G edge service for areas such as robotics in manufacturing, sales support in car dealerships, and video health sensors in hospitals or clinics Trials of Azure public Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) (Seehttps://news.microsoft.com/2021/06/30/att-to-run-its-mobility- hetwork-on-microsofts-azure-for-operators-cloud-delivering-cost efficient-5g-services-at-scale/.) AT&T's private 5G edge service will be able to provide support for applications such as the use of robotics in factories for manufacturing or latency-sensitive hospital applications. Telecommunication companies such as AT&T and Singtel are piloting this service. Seehttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-azure-for-operators- solutions-and-services-built-for-the-future-of-telecommunications/.) Next, we will look at AV intercommunication. A