The rollout of 5G networks isn’t just a major business opportunity for smartphone makers and telecommunications providers. Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google also are ready to pounce.

Those tech giants are trying to capitalize on the massive investments telecom providers such as Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group PLC are making to upgrade their networks, by luring them to adopt their cloud-computing infrastructure. They are doing that with the promise of helping the telecom companies deliver…

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