Wind River Helps Telefónica Scale for Cloud-Native Future

Why It Matters

If successful, the collaboration could materially reduce operational complexity and accelerate service rollout for Telefónica while enabling more resilient, autonomous networks—positioning both companies to capitalize on 5G, OpenRAN and AI-driven operations. This shift also underscores industry-wide moves toward standardized, automated Telco Cloud stacks that lower costs and speed innovation.

Summary

Telefónica is partnering with Wind River to build a unified, cloud-native Telco Cloud infrastructure across multiple markets (UK, Brazil, Spain) to support next-generation network functions at global scale. The operators aim to industrialize deployments by maximizing automation—enabling in-service upgrades, CI/CD, automated testing and lifecycle management—so network functions can be deployed and updated without service disruption. Wind River is integrating its Conductor orchestration and automation tools to support high-scale deployments and third-party network-function integrations. Both parties emphasize the need for tight ecosystem partnerships and enhanced skills to operationalize Kubernetes/Linux-based cloud-native environments.

Original Description

At MWC26, Telefónica’s Cayetano Carbajo Martín and Wind River’s Paul Miller discuss the importance of automation, industrialisation and collaboration in the shift towards unified cloud-native infrastructure for scalable and agile network functions. They explore the strategic advantages of cloud-native technology, the challenges of large-scale deployments, and the role of AI in enhancing automation and network autonomy.

Featuring:

- Cayetano Carbajo Martín, Director for Core, Transport and Service Platforms, Telefónica

- Paul Miller, CTO, Wind River

Chapters:

0:00 - 0:33 - Introductions

0:33 - 2:20 - Recent announcements highlight a major shift toward cloud native architectures. How is that transformation being executed at scale?

2:20 - 4:02 - What are the strategic advantages for Telefónica in deploying a unified telco cloud layer powered by cloud-native technology?

4:02 - 7:08 - What are the biggest challenges and opportunities when executing large scale cloud deployments in the telecom sector?

7:08 - 7:28 - Thank you and goodbye

Recorded March 2026

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