AT&T and Cisco are deepening their long-standing relationship to shape the future of IoT by bringing the full capabilities of 5G Standalone (SA) to support demanding applications.

This collaboration commercially activates a 5G SA-native IoT platform that tightly integrates AT&T’s nationwide 5G SA core with Cisco’s mobility services platform portfolio, including IoT Control Center and Converged Core offerings, which 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 low latency, enhanced security and reliability at scale.

More than a technology integration, this collaboration reflects a common goal of empowering enterprises with 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 offerings with confidence.

This matters because 5G SA enables features such as network slicing and edge computing for IoT applications. The collaboration seeks to use Cisco’s Converged Core and distributed data centres worldwide, subject to regulatory constraints, to support local breakouts. These local breakouts allow performance optimisation in various global locations where a business may operate.

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.

Together, AT&T (about.att.com) and Cisco (www.cisco.com) want to lay 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.