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AT&T, AWS, and Amazon Leo Collaborate to Accelerate Modernization of Nation's Connectivity Infrastructure
AT&T, AWS, and Amazon Leo Collaborate to Accelerate Modernization of Nation's Connectivity Infrastructure
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nNew strategic agreements include migrating AT&T workloads to AWS, high-capacity fiber connectivity for data centers, and working with Amazon Leo to extend AT&T networks\n\n\n DALLAS & SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAT&T, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Amazon Leo today announced work to modernize the nation’s connectivity infrastructure and unlock the next wave of cloud driven innovation for U.S. businesses. Building on a long-standing relationship, the companies will combine AT&T’s expansive fiber network with the security, reliability, performance and AI capabilities of AWS to create a more resilient, adaptive, and future-ready connectivity solution.\n\n\nAT&T will migrate workloads from several of its current on-premises technologies to AWS’s on-premises, managed hybrid cloud offering, AWS Outposts, to improve the speed of its internal transformation and operational efficiency. AT&T, with the assistance of AWS Professional Services, is using Amazon Q Developer and other AWS Agentic Services to accelerate the migration of network service enablement to AWS. As a result, AT&T expects to improve its resilience posture due to improved infrastructure management and faster modernization of business support systems.\n\n\nTo further strengthen AWS’s robust cloud infrastructure for all customers, AT&T will connect AWS data center locations with high-capacity fiber. This will enable AWS to continue to deliver and scale its secure, reliable, and high-performance cloud services for customers building and deploying advanced AI applications at scale.\n\n\nAT&T will also collaborate with Amazon Leo, Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network that operates as a separate Amazon business. Amazon Leo will provide internet connectivity services to AT&T, enabling AT&T to broaden its connectivity capabilities and deliver fixed broadband services to business customers in areas where such services are needed.\n\n\n\"This collaboration with AWS marks a pivotal step forward in shaping the future of connectivity in the United States,\" said Shawn Hakl, senior vice president, product, AT&T Business. \"Fiber is the foundation of that future – it delivers the speed, capacity, and reliability that modern networks demand. By pairing our expanding fiber infrastructure with AWS’s cloud capabilities, and through our collaboration to deliver the infrastructure of t...