AT&T (NYSE:T) and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) are deepening a long-standing strategic relationship built on trust, innovation, and a shared commitment to enabling highly secure connectivity and management tools that help enterprises optimize operations and achieve measurable business results. Together, we’re shaping the future of IoT by bringing the full capabilities of 5G Standalone (SA) to support the most demanding applications.
This collaboration commercially activates a 5G Standalone-native IoT platform that tightly integrates AT&T’s nationwide 5G SA core with Cisco’s industry-leading Mobility Services Platform portfolio (including IoT Control Center and Converged Core offerings)— which will unlock programmable network capabilities such as network slicing, and application-aware performance at scale. Together, AT&T and Cisco are creating a seamless, end-to-end platform that supports everything from connected vehicles to smart cities and digital healthcare, to deliver ultra-low latency, enhanced security, and exceptional reliability at scale.
More than a technology integration, this collaboration reflects a common goal of empowering enterprises with highly secure, flexible, and scalable connectivity that accelerates innovation and simplifies operations. AT&T and Cisco are working side by side to help customers deploy, manage, and scale IoT solutions with confidence.
Why does this matter?
Next-Level Performance: 5G SA enables features like network slicing and edge computing for IoT applications.
Opportunity to expand Global Reach: The collaboration seeks to utilize Cisco’s Converged Core and distributed data centers worldwide, subject to regulatory constraints, to support local breakouts. These local breakouts allow performance optimization in a variety of global locations where a business may operate.
Simplified Management: With Cisco’s IoT Control Center on AT&T’s network, enterprises gain intuitive tools for lifecycle management, diagnostics, and automation—all in one place.
This collaboration marks an important milestone, but it is only the beginning. Together, AT&T and Cisco are laying the foundation for AI-driven IoT—where connectivity, compute, and control dynamically adapt in real time to business and application needs, enabling businesses to move faster, operate smarter, and stay secure in an increasingly connected world.
