Edge services connect the mobile device and its applications to the mobile gateway using Wi-Fi or mobile provider networks. These include the following:
- Domain name system server
- Firewall
- Load balancers
- CDNs
The mobile provider network owns or controls the elements necessary to sell and deliver services to an end user. These typically include radio spectrum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_spectrum) allocation, wireless network (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_network) infrastructure, back haul (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backhaul_%28telecommunications%29) infrastructure, billing, customer care, provisioning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisioning) computer systems, and marketing and repair organizations. ...
