Architectural Shift in Domain AI: How AT&T Built Open Telco 2.0 Using Managed Compute, Open Models, and Heterogeneous Silicon
1. Executive Overview The global telecommunications industry faces a unique technological paradox. While standard foundation artificial intelligence models demonstrate impressive general capabilities, they consistently struggle when deployed inside specialized enterprise environments. Modern telecom infrastructure relies on a vast, intricateweb of domain-specific standards, proprietary protocols, legacy hardware operational logs, and strict regulatory frameworks—nuances that generic off-the-shelf…
