Reply Showcases First Cloud-Native Robotic Application on Federated European Edge
4, March, 2026
Reply has presented the first Cloud-Native Robotic Application deployed across the newly federated European Edge Continuum. This deployment, featured at the Mobile World Congress 2026, utilises the federated infrastructures of five of Europe’s largest telecom operators that launched the European Edge Continuum as part of the European IPCEI-CIS initiative (Important Projects of Common European Interest on Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure and Services).
What does this mean?
In technical terms, "Cloud-Native" refers to software built specifically to leverage the flexibility and speed of a cloud environment. Traditionally, these applications are confined to a single network or national provider. By running on a European Edge Continuum, Reply is proving that high-performance industrial software can now function seamlessly across borders without technical interruption. The application allows a robot to maintain its intelligence and connection while moving across different operator networks, effectively "following" the task regardless of geographical and operator boundaries.
Why is this important?
The Reply solution represents the first real Cloud-Native Application seamlessly deployed across a federated European Edge Continuum. This achievement is a significant step forward in terms of operational continuity, new business models, sovereign infrastructure, and AI-powered scalability. Reply Cloud-Native Robot Application deployment proves that the technological breakthroughs of IPCEI-CIS translate directly into economic competitiveness for European industry, boosting the adoption of applications which overcome any kind of technological lock-in.
Innovation at Reply
Reply specialises in the design and implementation of solutions based on new communication channels and digital media. As a network of highly specialised companies, Reply supports major industrial groups in the telecom and media; industry and services; banking and insurance and public sectors in defining and developing business models enabled by the new paradigms of AI, cloud computing, digital media and the internet of things.
Reply is a Direct Partner of IPCEI-CIS initiative, with a core focus on Cloud-Edge Continuum and orchestration for robotics and autonomous vehicles, leveraging data network services over FTTX-ORAN.