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4. Telstra (Australia): Connected Future 30 Strategy Focusing on AI and Network

Telstra's "Connected Future 30" strategy Telstra: Building on its Core Connectivity Advantage with AI in the 5G-A Era
, unveiled in May 2025, is a five-year road-
map (2025-30) focused on leveraging AI
and network advancements to maintain its
competitive edge and drive digital trans-
formation in Australia. Under this strategy,
Telstra is building an autonomous network
with self-optimizing AI capabilities across
cloud and network layers, alongside inter-
nal AI tools for efficiency.

Telstra is essentially rethinking its core
business by transforming its network into
a smart, AI-driven platform. The telco is al-
ready working on deploying it programma-
ble 5G Advanced network.

This strategy will help Telstra to devel-
op and monetize a network-as-a-service Source: Telstra
(NaaS) platform, empowering enterprises form allows businesses to select and pay AI-enabled network is itself the product.
and developers via network APIs and cus- for pre-integrated cloud and networking
tomized SLA-based connectivity. This plat- services as needed . Here, for Telstra, the
5. Verizon (USA): Accelerating 5G-A with Enterprise AI at the Edge

Verizon launches AI Connect, courts AI inferencing workloads Private Network + Enterprise AI platform.
This combines Verizon’s private MEC
with NVIDIA’s AI software stack, enabling
real-time inferencing for robotics, AR/VR/
XR, computer vision, generative AI, and
industrial automation – delivered securely
and at ultra-low latency . This initiative
is designed to empower enterprises
by delivering real-time AI applications
directly at the edge, demonstrating the
transformative potential of this technology
across various industries.
Further, the telco has also launched Verizon
AI Connect integrating edge-to-cloud
network intelligence, aimed at hosting
large-scale AI workloads directly on their
programmable 5G-A infrastructure.

In summary, Verizon is leveraging
5G-Advanced and AI to deliver
Source: Constellationr programmable, low-latency networks that
Verizon is evolving its 5G-Advanced solutions to serve enterprise clients, with power next-gen enterprise and consumer
strategy by building AI-native private live deployments and partnerships. experiences – from real-time industrial AI
networks and Mobile Edge Compute (MEC) For example, the telco has launch a 5G to network slicing for video and beyond.

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