Verizon teams up with Deloitte on 5G mobile edge infrastructure SHARE Verizon Communications Inc. subsidiary Verizon Business said today it’s teaming up with the professional services consultancy Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. to offer 5G and mobile edge computing services to the manufacturing and retail industries. The plan is to combine Verizon’s mobile and private wireless networks and 5G Edge Multi-Access Edge Computing platform and its software-defined wide-area network capabilities with Deloitte’s engineering expertise, the companies said. Under the partnership, the two companie are developing a smart factory solution for Verizon’s Customer Technology Center in Richardson, Texas. That system will use sensor-based detection paired with MEC to both identify and predict quality defects on assembly lines. The system will be able to send automatic alerts to engineering and management teams in real time.