AT&T Says 5G, Fiber Rolling Out More Quickly on Disaggregated Network

More than 52% of AT&T’s production traffic is now on next-generation core routers and the carrier is seeing benefits from its open, disaggregated platform strategy, Mike Satterlee, vice president-network core infrastructure services, blogged Thursday. “We announced the next-gen open disaggregated core routing and the next-gen open disaggregated IP edge routing platforms in 2020,” he said: “In 2022, our open, disaggregated program took a significant leap forward! In fact, it is meeting and, in many cases, exceeding our expectations. It has enabled us to be more efficient with our 5G and Fiber rollouts and launch high-speed broadband and 5G services to new markets much faster, as well as offer more advanced services in existing markets.”