“Success for enterprises requires orchestrating resources for business outcomes, not just providing connectivity,” Kutchinski said at the 2025 Global NaaS Event (GNE) in Dallas, Texas, highlighting AT&T’s focus on delivering solutions rather than simple network access.

“Our enterprises are facing several critical challenges in this AI era, and we must prioritise those challenges,” she continued.

According to the telecoms giant, latency is becoming a critical factor for enterprises. She explained: “Idle GPUs can waste compute cycles, while bandwidth bottlenecks- especially those east-to-west traffic leads- data centres and clouds are surging. Even milliseconds matter for AI-powered decisions.”

Meanwhile, security complexity increases as distributed AI workloads expand the attack surface.

As a result Kutchinski believes AI-ready networks must be high-capacity, programmable, secure and agile to meet the growing demands of enterprises, emphasising the importance of security.

She claimed that embedded protections are essential as workloads grow more distributed, whereas, the architecture supports zero-trust principles and regulatory compliance.

“The customer is at the centre of everything we do,” she said.  “As security complexity grows with distributed AI workloads, embedded security becomes essential for trust and performance.”

Additionally, she also called for the industry to collaborate on solutions that advance digital transformation, claiming “there is a need” and the industry needs to “protect it”.

Looking ahead, she highlighted the importance of connectivity and automation for enterprise success: “The future really belongs to those who can seamlessly connect, automate and secure the flow of data across clouds, across borders and across ecosystems,” she concluded.

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