- This multi-year agreement will assist AT&T in realizing its goal of securely offering customer-centric networks and automation that facilitate new services, quicker deployment, and operational improvements.
- The agreement encompasses Nokia's 5G IMS Voice Core and Nokia Digital Operations software.
- AT&T plans to leverage Nokia’s voice core applications via the Nokia Cloud Platform to optimize network operations, boost automation, and reduce the need for manual processes.
AT&T is broadening its partnership with Nokia through a multi-year deal aimed at enhancing its voice core capabilities. This move will help the U.S. telecom giant achieve its goal of offering secure, customer-centric networks and automation, which will lead to quicker service rollouts and better operational efficiency.
As part of this evolution, AT&T is upgrading its existing Nokia IMS Voice Core to incorporate Voice over New Radio (VoNR). The revamped IMS Voice Core features a fully cloud-native design that allows for flexible scaling and more automation, ultimately speeding up the launch of new services and providing significant cost savings.
Yigal Elbaz, Senior Vice President, Technology & Network Services at AT&T, said: “With focused execution and investment, AT&T continues to make excellent progress in realizing automation at all levels of its network and service operations. We are pleased to continue our relationship with Nokia to further optimize our network operations and enable new services that better support our customers’ evolving needs.”
The U.S. operator plans to leverage Nokia’s voice core applications via the Nokia Cloud Platform (NCP) to simplify network operations, boost automation, and reduce the need for manual tasks. NCP showcases Nokia’s approach to multi-cloud, giving operators the flexibility to choose their preferred infrastructure.
Additionally, AT&T will implement Nokia's Digital Operations software solutions, which are open and tailored for multi-vendor networks, to provide automated capabilities for designing, delivering, and ensuring customer services on a large scale.
Raghav Sahgal, President of Cloud and Network Services at Nokia, said: “As a long-time collaborator with AT&T, Nokia fully understands the important journey AT&T is on to enhance automation, reduce complexity, decrease deployment times, and perform operational workflows faster to better serve its customers, and glean more value from its network. Through our network solutions, Nokia will boost AT&T’s network agility, efficiency, and service offerings.”