European Operator Modernizes Telco Cloud with NEURON on AWS

Background

An European Operator embarked on a strategic Telco Cloud modernization initiative to transform legacy, on‑premises orchestration into a secure, cloud‑native, and automation‑first operating model. By deploying its Telco Cloud automation platform on AWS, established a resilient foundation for autonomous network operations and future-ready scalability.

Challenge

The European Operator, a leading UK telecommunications and media provider, offers broadband, mobile, TV, and enterprise services to millions, and has continuously invested in modernizing its network to improve security, reliability, and agility in response to evolving customer demands and next-generation telecom architectures. A key focus has been transforming its Telco Cloud operations, where legacy on‑premises orchestration systems constrained scalability, automation, and standardization; combined with stringent European regulatory and security requirements, this made cloud adoption complex yet essential, prompting the Operator to pursue a cloud‑native platform capable of automating network function lifecycle management while ensuring compliance, robust security, and carrier‑grade performance.​

The European Operator needed to migrate critical telecom networking and orchestration workloads from legacy environments to a secure public cloud platform without impacting service availability or performance. The transformation had to address several challenges:​

• Ensuring regulatory compliance and high-security standards for telecom workloads deployed in the cloud​
• Modernizing legacy orchestration systems while preserving operational stability​
• Automating the complete xNF lifecycle, including onboarding and Day 0/1/2 configuration​
• Establishing a scalable, cloud-native operational model aligned with future Telco Cloud and autonomous network evolution​

The lack of standardized workflows and heavy manual intervention in the existing environment slowed down service rollout and operational efficiency.

Solution

To address these challenges, the European Operator partnered with Tata Elxsi’s Communication Business Unit and adopted NEURON, an AI‑native, intent‑driven Telco Cloud and autonomous network operations platform. NEURON was deployed on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to leverage a secure, scalable, and cloud‑ready infrastructure.​

NEURON was implemented as a set of containerized microservices running on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), serving as the core orchestration and automation layer. The solution enabled standardized, policy‑driven workflows for xNF onboarding, lifecycle management, and configuration automation. By combining NEURON’s cloud‑native orchestration capabilities with AWS’s mature cloud services, the Operator established a secure and resilient Telco Cloud foundation that meets regulatory requirements while enabling faster, automated operations.

Features that were incorporated include: 

• AI-native, intent-driven Telco Cloud orchestration using NEURON
• Containerized microservices and architecture deployed on Amazon EKS
• Automated xNF onboarding and lifecycle management ​
• Standardized Day 0/1/2 configuration workflows ​
• Event-driven orchestration using Amazon MSK
• Secure xNF image and package management with version controlvia Amazon ECR ​
• Cloud-native scalability and high availability
• End-to-end security, identity, access management, and encryption ​
• Regulatory-compliant Telco Cloud architecture ​
• Modular platform design to support future autonomous networks

Impact

NEURON enabled the Operator to automate end-to-end xNF lifecycle management, significantly reducing manual intervention and operational complexity. Standardized Day 0/1/2workflows improved consistency, reduced errors, and accelerated service provisioning.​

By leveraging AWS‑native security services and NEURON’s policy‑driven automation, the Operator established a secure and compliant Telco Cloud environment. The solution meets stringent European telecom regulatory requirements while maintaining carrier‑grade reliability.​

Future‑proof AWS‑native Telco Cloud Foundation: ​The deployment provides the Operator with a scalable, cloud‑native foundation aligned with future autonomous network models. It reduces dependency on legacy on‑premises systems and positions the Operator to continuously evolve its network operations with agility and confidence.​

Services Rendered

• Telco Cloud assessment and modernization strategy​
• Deployment of NEURON Telco Cloud platform on AWS​
• Telco Cloud architecture design on AWS​
• Amazon EKS deployment and optimization​
• Cloud Migration​
• Cloud Modernization​
• Cloud DevOps Service​