T-Mobile has selected software company Red Hat as its cloud automation partner.

Red Hat confirmed this week that it will support the US carrier to power its telco cloud across its core and far Edge business.

The company said that its OpenShift platform will help T-Mobile to streamline operations, enhance automation, and lower costs.

Red Hat, a subsidiary of IBM, said its platform can consolidate and standardize infrastructure across various workloads, "including end-to-end automation for greater operational efficiency."

"By collaborating with T-Mobile to power its common telco cloud, Red Hat will help unlock new opportunities for streamlined operations, faster service delivery, and a simplified approach to managing diverse workloads across the core network," said Fran Heeran, vice president, global telecommunications, Red Hat.

"Together, we’re enabling a flexible, carrier-grade platform that not only meets today’s needs but lays the groundwork for tomorrow’s advancements."

T-Mobile said the partnership will support the company's efforts to "bridge itself from a traditional telco to a dynamic techco."

Red Hat added that its platform will help enable scalability and flexibility in hybrid multi-cloud environments.

Earlier this week, T-Mobile confirmed it's started its 2G network switch-off.