The network edge, as defined in initiatives like ETSI’s Mobile Edge Computing, is a moveable feast. It can be located at a small cell site, a home or business gateway, a car, or the smartphone itself. For instance, at the start of the year, Nokia demonstrated Liquid Applications with T-Mobile USA, supporting low latency vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) services, and Deutsche Telekom showed a similar capability in a connected car scenario. The German operator has followed up its initial demo with a more detailed project focused on real time communications in connected vehicles. Working with Nokia, auto systems supplier Continental and the Fraunhofer Institute, it implemented MEC at the roadside to deliver real time hazard alerts to cars on…