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Samsung strikes deal with Vodafone for Open RAN in Romania

Samsung ran a pilot project with Vodafone in Romania last year and completed the first 4G calls over shared commercial Open RAN in rural areas. Now, the Korean tech giant announced it has partnered with Vodafone to deploy fully virtualized RAN and radios across Romania. Samsung is supporting Vodafone's Open RAN initiative to transition to […]

By Mihai Matei
5 months ago

TELUS partners with Samsung for Canada’s first 5G network with vRAN, Open RAN

Samsung Networks has announced that Canadian network carrier TELUS has partnered with it to build Canada's first 5G network that uses Open RAN (O-RAN) and Virtualized RAN (vRAN) technologies. Samsung Networks is Samsung Electronics' telecommunication and networking arm, and it is among the biggest networking gear providers globally. Samsung Networks is offering vRAN and Open […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
5 months ago

Samsung starts testing Open RAN networking for Verizon

Samsung has announced that it has completed the conformance and interoperability of the Open RAN (O-RAN) technology for its LTE and 5G NR telecommunication equipment on Verizon's network. The two companies are embracing openness in networking hardware, thanks to the South Korean firm's vast experience in O-RAN and V-RAN technologies. Samsung tests O-RAN compatibility with […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
5 months ago

Samsung researcher Juho Lee gets prestigious IEEE ComSoc Excellence award

Samsung Research fellow Juho Lee has received the prestigious IEEE ComSoc Excellence award. He made several technical contributions to the standardization of wireless communications from the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization. Samsung spends billions of dollars on research and development, and it is no wonder […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
7 months ago

Samsung and O2 Telefónica to test 5G vRAN and Open RAN in Germany

Samsung Networks and O2 Telefónica have announced that they will jointly test new 5G network infrastructure technologies, like Open RAN and vRAN, in Germany. These technologies allow network operators to create a more flexible network infrastructure. In such setups, hardware and software are separated, and each component can be virtualized. Samsung Networks will help O2 […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
9 months ago

Samsung Exynos 2400 is official with 70% faster CPU, RDNA3 GPU!

During the System LSI Tech Day 2023 event today, Samsung unveiled several new semiconductor technologies and chips, but the most important among them is the Exynos 2400. It is Samsung's next-generation flagship smartphone processor and succeeds the Exynos 2200, which was launched in 2022 and debuted inside the Galaxy S22. Samsung offered an early look […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
9 months ago

Samsung partners with Japanese carrier KDDI for 5G network slicing

Samsung Networks has partnered with Japanese telecom network carrier KDDI to form a 5G Global Network Slicing Alliance. This alliance is aimed at commercializing several 5G network slicing services and creating new business models based on the new networking technology. KDDI and Samsung Networks signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) yesterday after conducting a field […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
10 months ago

Samsung and AMD join hands to improve 5G vRAN for network transformation

Samsung has officially announced that it is joining hands with AMD for the 5G vRAN network transformation. This is in line with Samsung's commitment to help cellular network operators build and modernize their mobile networks with optimized performance and flexibility. With AMD on board, operators will have a wider set of choices to build high-capacity, […]

By Sagar Naresh
10 months ago

Three Samsung researchers elected as vice-chairs of 3GPP that oversees telecom standards

Samsung has announced that three of its researchers have been elected vice-chairs of the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) body. 3GPP is the world's largest telecom standard development organization. Kyeongin Jeong, a researcher from Samsung Research America, is the newly elected face vice-chair for 3GPP's Radio Access Network Working Group 2 (RAN WG2). Jaeyeon Song […]

By Sagar Naresh
11 months ago

Galaxy S23 can get up to 3.3Gbps download speeds on T-Mobile’s 5G network

T-Mobile has started rolling out faster 5G speeds in the US, and the Galaxy S23 is currently the only phone that can take advantage of the faster network. The nationwide mobile network carrier announced that it improved the speed of its 5G network using the CA (Carrier Aggregation). On its 5G SA (Standalone) network, T-Mobile […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
12 months ago

Huawei may return to USA smartphone market through 5G loophole

Huawei might be planning to return to the USA smartphone market by the end of the year. But if it succeeds, will it matter? And even if the brand overcomes its bad reputation after its network technologies were deemed a security threat by the USA and Europe, will Huawei have what it takes to become […]

By Mihai Matei
1 year ago

Samsung and MediaTek join hands to achieve highest 5G upload speed record

Samsung Networks is among the top global communication equipment providers, and it has been growing briskly. Today, the company announced that it achieved a breakthrough in 5G upload speed performance in collaboration with MediaTek. The two companies completed the testing in Samsung's lab in Suwon, South Korea. The South Korean firm said it achieved record […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 year ago

Galaxy S23 FE 5G confirmed to get 25W fast charging

The last Fan Edition phone launched by Samsung was the Galaxy S21 FE, which came out in January 2022. Since then, the phone has not seen its successor, and Galaxy FE fans have been waiting for the new phone for quite some time. Thankfully, a few recent leaks suggested that Samsung is indeed planning to […]

By Sagar Naresh
1 year ago

Tests show the Galaxy S23 is a better 5G phone than Galaxy S22

One of the ways in which the Galaxy S23 series is technically superior to the Galaxy S22 lineup is through a new Qualcomm modem. The 2023 flagships sport the Snapdragon X70, which should be an upgrade over the S22's Snapdragon X65 chip. At least on paper, according to the manufacturer. But what about performance in […]

By Mihai Matei
1 year ago

Samsung’s new Exynos Modem 5300 is faster and more power-efficient

Samsung has unveiled its new-generation 5G modem, the Exynos Modem 5300. Usually, the South Korean firm's latest cellular modems debut inside the latest Exynos processors, but as the company didn't launch its flagship Exynos processor in 2023, the Exynos Modem 5300 is expected to be used in the next-generation Google Tensor chipset that could power […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 year ago

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