German telecoms heavyweight Deutsche Telekom has signed a long-term agreement focusing on cloud and AI integration with Google Cloud, extending into 2030.
The agreement focuses on cloud and AI integration for Deutsche Telekom’s IT, networks, and business applications, including the migration of its SAP landscape.
Deutsche Telekom believes the partnership will enhance its operational efficiency and improve customer experiences.
Google Cloud is already a preferred partner of the German telco for moving key business areas to the cloud, including modernising and scaling data and AI applications that are contributing to the company's digital transformation strategy.
Deutsche Telekom recently announced it had partnered with Google Cloud to build a secure, AI-integrated platform that consolidates on-premises data systems, enhancing data processing speed and enabling advanced AI solutions while meeting regulatory requirements.
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“Deutsche Telekom is becoming an AI-first company," said Stefan Schloter, CIO Europe at Deutsche Telekom.
"By leveraging data and AI, we are improving agility and optimising digital solutions across all our business entities, software engineering, and customer interfaces to deliver superior experiences for our customers.
"Our collaboration with Google Cloud further strengthens these efforts, driving innovation and efficiency.
"Examples like Deutsche Telekom’s core SAP systems migrating to GCP or the MyMagenta app using Google’s Gemini Multimodal Live API, highlight the strength of our partnership.
"We look forward to expanding our collaboration further.”
According to Deutsche Telekom, Google Cloud is the ideal platform for meeting the challenges created by advancing digitalisation, while maintaining the high security and data protection standards.
The telco's goal is to use innovative cloud technologies to develop new business models and further improve existing business processes.
“Communications service providers are increasingly looking to the cloud to further develop service offerings and drive innovation, flexibility, and growth," said Marianne Janik, VP, EMEA North, Google Cloud.
“We look forward to collaborating with Deutsche Telekom to help the company further develop innovative solutions that provide enhanced experiences for end users.”