AT&T taps Mirantis to update its Network Cloud for 5G

Cloud platform provider Mirantis has won a three-year deal with AT&T to help the carrier build out the next generation of its Network Cloud for 5G. The companies aren’t providing an exact dollar amount of the deal except to say it’s worth more than $10 million.AT&T is building out its Network Cloud using software from an open source project called “Project Airship.” The open source project was initially formed in May 2018 by AT&T, along with SK Telecom, Intel, and the OpenStack Foundation.“Simply put, Airship lets you build a cloud easier than ever before,” said Amy Wheelus, AT&T’s vice president of cloud and Domain 2.0 Platform integration, in a blog post announcing the project last May. “Whether you’re a telecom, manufacturer, healthcare provider, or an individual developer, Airship makes it easy to predictably build and manage cloud infrastructure.”