US internet company and Swedish technology and network firm Ericsson have joined forces to develop a virtualised core internet of things 5 G network and operating system aimed at AI , sensors and autonomous vehicles . The companies said the system would reduce the distance between a data - generating device and the IoT application that processed the data . Nodes would be distributed right to a particular enterprise 's own premises to help security , privacy and latency . They also said the operating system combined connectivity , device and data processing and provided immediate intelligence on the data .
US internet company and Swedish telecoms and network firm Ericsson have joined forces to launch a virtualised core internet of things 5G network and operating system aimed at AI, robotics and autonomous vehicles. The companies said the system would cut the distance between a data-generating device and the IoT application that processed the data. Nodes would be distributed right to a particular enterprise's own premises to help security, privacy and latency. They also said the operating system combined connectivity, device and data management and delivered immediate intelligence on the data.