T-Mobile and Palo Alto Networks have introduced a managed secure access service edge (SASE) to deliver seamless, enterprise-grade security across T-Mobile’s 5G network.

This collaboration unites the USA’s nationwide 5G Advanced network with Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma SASE 5G to empower businesses and government agencies to secure their increasingly mobile workforces and connected devices without extra equipment or additional software.

The offering aims to deliver enhanced protection, performance and simplicity to T-Mobile for Business customers.

Prisma SASE 5G provides cloud-native zero-trust security and expands T-Mobile’s security portfolio helping organisations protect their networks and devices without additional equipment or software. It empowers businesses and government agencies to connect users and devices more securely to private, software-as-a-service (SaaS) and internet applications while maintaining strict security policies and visibility. This means customer data have increased protection across endpoints.

 “At T-Mobile for Business, we’re redefining secure connectivity for the 5G era with mobility-driven options designed to scale effortlessly,” said Mishka Dehghan, senior vice president at T-Mobile. “By adding Palo Alto Networks’ proven SASE capabilities into our 5G Standalone network, we’re delivering built-in security from the ground up, empowering our business and government customers with a seamless option that protects their data across every endpoint, enabling them to operate confidently in an increasingly connected world.”

Anand Oswal, senior vice president at Palo Alto Networks, added: “This SASE offering directly integrates into T-Mobile’s network and aims to provide comprehensive security, visibility and exceptional experiences without the need for additional clients and complex management. We are excited to bring our advanced security to T-Mobile’s cutting-edge 5G network.”

Organisations today face a surge in cyber-security threats, intensified by several emerging trends, such as the rapid growth of mobile workforces, increased reliance on connected devices and the resulting expansion of technologies that need protection, such as 5G routers and IoT devices. In fact, the number of business 5G IoT connections in North America is expected to grow from five million in 2025 to 39 million by 2030. This rapid expansion puts a significant strain on IT teams and increases exposure to risks, particularly when authentication mechanisms are weak or insufficient.

To help users tackle complex security problems, T-Mobile has teamed up with Palo Alto Networks to leverage the power of its Prisma SASE 5G offering to deliver enhanced protection, performance and simplicity through three core T-Mobile 5G network assets.

The first, 5G Advanced, was developed on a 5G Standalone architecture with built-in security from the ground up. It includes encryption to protect interfaces, subscriber identities, and network control and user data planes, even for inter-operator traffic. And it supports prevention of downgrade attacks that exploit weaker legacy protocols.

Secondly, T-Mobile T-SIMsecure provides security at the hardware level. SIM-based, clientless authentication uses IMSI and IMEI, offering strong security with SIM-based authentication, simplifying administrative complexity for IT and security teams and enhancing authorisation for connected devices, including endpoints that can’t support traditional SASE software, such as IoT devices and 5G routers. It improves productivity for mobile employees, such as field and frontline workers, and allows devices without a T-Mobile SIM to download and configure Palo Alto Networks Global Protect and Prisma access agent, regardless of provider or wifi network.

Finally, T-Mobile Security Slice provides security over the air with a dedicated virtual network segment, enabled by T-Mobile’s 5G Standalone network. This delivers improved security with traffic isolation, customisation and improved performance, providing speed advantages and less delay compared with wifi, LTE and 5G non-standalone networks for T-Mobile SASE customers using 5G Standalone-enabled devices.

To learn more about T-Mobile SASE, with Palo Alto Networks, visit www.t-mobile.com/business/solutions/security/sase.

Based in Bellevue, Washington, T-Mobile (www.t-mobile.com) provides services through its subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands T-Mobile, Metro by T-Mobile and Mint Mobile.

Cyber-security specialist Palo Alto Networks (www.paloaltonetworks.com) is used by 70,000 organisations worldwide for AI-powered security across network, cloud, security operations and AI.