Samsung Electronics has secured another key 5G client in Japan. As a result, the company will be responsible for providing 5G network solutions to NTT DOCOMO, the latter of which offers wireless network services to roughly 82 million users across Japan.
Samsung will empower NTT DOCOMO's infrastructure with innovative 5G technologies and solutions compliant with O-RAN (Open Radio Access Network). NTT DOCOMO General Manager of RAN Development Department Sadayuki Abeta said that Samsung will be the key to the next phase of 5G Open RAN and the faster expansion of its Lightning Speed 5G coverage nationwide.
Once again, Samsung establishes itself as a major 5G RAN supplier
Market research firm Dell'Oro chimed in and Vice President Stefan Pongratz said believes that the agreement between NTT DOCOMO and Samsung is significant because the Japanese network operator has a history of being at the forefront with new and innovative technologies.
Therefore, Samsung has now established itself as an even bigger 5G supplier in Japan after it entered the market in late 2019 in collaboration with network operator KDDI. Samsung's partnership with KDDI was strengthened on the enterprise front by another agreement last year.
NTT DOCOMO is a founding member of the O-RAN Alliance that was founded earlier this year in partnership with 12 other companies for the purpose of accelerating global O-RAN adoption.
