This white paper presents a comprehensive framework for using labels as structured key–value metadata to manage the full lifecycle of Telco Cloud infrastructure. It explains how a standardized labeling schema enables scalable automation, governance, visibility, and security across Day 0 design, Day 1 deployment, and Day 2 operations. The paper details how labels are applied consistently across compute, networking, applications, Kubernetes, Linux, and SDN environments such as Cisco ACI. Practical use cases include inventory management, cost attribution, lifecycle automation, and identity-based micro-segmentation that replaces static IP-based policies. The paper also introduces the use of external label stores and demonstrates how label data can be leveraged with GenAI and graph-based RAG fr

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