Your Telecom Cloud Journey on AWS: Part 1 – Establishing a Foundation

This article discusses the first part of a three-part series about migrating Telecommunications (Telco) workloads to AWS, focusing on establishing a foundational cloud environment.

• Telecommunications providers are transitioning from private clouds to public cloud environments
• Key decision: Whether to use a combined or separate Landing Zone for IT and Telco workloads
• Telco cloud migration requires unique considerations in:
  • Governance
  • Operations
  • Security
  • Infrastructure
  • Business Continuity
• Recommended practices include:
  • Separating foundational accounts
  • Separating critical Landing Zone resources
  • Designing platform CI/CD for operational flexibility

The goal is to help Telecommunications providers gain cloud agility, cost efficiency, and operational speed while maintaining security and performance.