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AT&T Inc.AT&T Inc.Netcracker Technology announced it received the 2026 TM Forum Open Innovation Catalyst award during DTW Ignite for a project showcasing the role communications service providers can play in the Physical AI market. The award recognizes collaboration among Netcracker, AT&T, China Mobile, OmanTel and Red Hat. The Catalyst project, titled Robotic Dog: AI at the Edge, Sustainable Revenue at Scale, demonstrated a visually impaired user being guided safely through indoor and outdoor environments using real-time sensing, obstacle avoidance, voice interaction, route planning and edge-assisted perception. Netcracker said its AI-native BSS/OSS platform delivered autonomous multi-domain operations, managed complex multi-partner workloads and scaled flexible B2B2X business models, combining 5G, Edge AI-as-a-Service, service assurance, B2B2X monetization and partner orchestration. Aaron Boasman-Patel, Vice President of Innovation at TM Forum, said the judging panel was especially impressed with seeing Physical AI in action in such a meaningful use case, while Netcracker Chief Technology Officer Bob Titus said the company is proud to be recognized as operators move beyond connectivity to become trusted enablers of Physical AI.
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