NTT Docomo of Japan has joined SK Telecom and Canada’s Telus in supporting Mobiledgex, the edge platform that has been created by Deutsche Telekom spin-off, MobiledgeX. MobiledgeX aims to enhance the position of public cloud providers, and specifically telcos, in the edge computing value chain by providing a container-based software platform that enables many new applications and services. Operators can offer these services directly to consumers (such as augmented reality gaming), or can enable applications for enterprises and industrial users. Docomo is working with MobiledgeX on a proof of concept which will be run in Tokyo this month. It will center on an augmented reality (AR) application, running on the Edge Realities platform from Polish software house 1000 Realities. The…