Ashesh Badani, Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer | Red Hat, Inc.
Ashesh Badani, Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer | Red Hat, Inc.
Red Hat, Inc. has announced that T-Mobile will use Red Hat OpenShift to power its common telco cloud across core and far edge business operations. The announcement was made at MWC Barcelona on February 18, 2025. T-Mobile aims to leverage Red Hat's platform to automate operations, support cloud-native 5G applications, and explore new opportunities in edge computing, private networks, and IoT.
The collaboration between the two companies is expected to address the rising demand for cloud flexibility among telecommunications service providers while reducing costs. This partnership will enable T-Mobile to deploy a common telco cloud that consolidates infrastructure, enhances operational efficiency through automation, and accelerates time-to-market for new services.
Fran Heeran, Vice President of Global Telecommunications at Red Hat, stated: "As telecommunications service providers face increasing demands for cloud flexibility, consistency and cost optimization, Red Hat OpenShift provides a standardized, scalable foundation to drive efficiency and innovation. By collaborating with T-Mobile to power its common telco cloud, Red Hat will help unlock new opportunities for streamlined operations, faster service delivery and a simplified approach to managing diverse workloads across the core network."
Lori Ames, Senior Vice President of Cloud, IP & Transport Technology at T-Mobile added: “T-Mobile’s multipurpose cloud will bridge us from a traditional telco to a dynamic techco, exposing previously untapped innovation while enhancing operational efficiencies. By partnering with best-in-class providers like Red Hat to leverage cloud-native agility, automation and AI-driven insights, we’re redefining connectivity for the digital economy by meeting our customers where they need us.”
This strategic move is anticipated to simplify workload integration and speed up certification processes within a unified standards-based environment. It also aligns with T-Mobile's goal of transforming into a more dynamic technology company by utilizing advanced technologies provided by partners like Red Hat.
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