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16 AT&T Inc.
We’ve led the way in engaging the entire
communications innovation ecosystem. Giving
app developers around the globe more
opportunities. Inspiring new ideas from within.
And as a result, we’re providing our customers
with more choices and delivering them sooner.
Our approach to innovation is built upon four
pillars that combine to deliver the future first.
AT&T LABS: EPICENTER OF INNOVATION
“The sky’s the limit!” says Krish Prabhu.
He’s talking about the work coming out of AT&T
Labs — an organization with a rich history
of making big bets on new technology.
As AT&T‘s chief technology officer, Krish has
responsibility for AT&T Labs, which has a threefold
mission: make the network smarter, deliver new
types of service over the network and improve
people’s lives. That’s a tall order, even for
an organization that already has thousands of
patents and eight Nobel Prizes in its heritage.
But it’s Krish’s job to bring that mission to life —
a challenge he shares with more than
1,200 other researchers. Together, they’re
exploring new communications possibilities.
They’re envisioning a world in which you don’t
have to carry your wallet because your purchases
and other transactions are secured by the sound
of your voice. A world in which technology lets
you have a real-time conversation with someone
who speaks a completely different language. A
world in which you can check into a hotel room
on your smartphone, have an electronic room key
wirelessly sent to your device and enter the room
with a wave of your phone over the door handle.
At AT&T Labs, these possibilities and more are
all in a day’s work.
AT&T FOUNDRY: WHERE IDEAS ARE MADE
AT&T Labs makes big bets that pay off in
months, or even years. AT&T Foundry moves
quickly on new ideas that come to life in a
matter of days and weeks.
In 2011, AT&T opened three AT&T Foundry
locations. These innovation centers are designed
to drive new ideas to reality in highly focused
“sprints” that can bring new products and services
to our customers three times faster than normal.
Today AT&T gives tens of thousands of app
developers access to unique network services,
and AT&T Foundry facilities in Israel, Dallas
and Silicon Valley are enhancing the value we
A network that’s open to
innovation. It’s the bedrock
of our promise to get to the
future first.
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