AT&T (NYSE:T) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) are adding new details to their major partnership on cloud/5G, which got an early announcement in July. In the $2B-plus deal, the companies are opening selection preview availability for Network Edge Compute technology, which “weaves Microsoft Azure cloud services into AT&T network edge locations closer to customers” – so AT&T’s 5G core is now capable of delivering Azure services. That is rolling out for a select set of customers in Dallas, with availability expanding to Los Angeles and Atlanta next year. AT&T says it recently activated an industry-first 400-gigabit connection between Dallas and Atlanta, targeting video, gaming, and other 5G needs. It plans to offer nationwide 5G in the first half of 2020. Microsoft is also helping AT&T Communications become a “public cloud-first” company by migrating most non-network workloads to the public cloud by 2024, a migration it says is already under way. AT&T has also started rolling out Microsoft 365 solutions to tens of thousands of employees.
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AT&T, Microsoft add details to major cloud/5G deal – Seeking Alpha
