Vodafone UK selects Samsung for Europe’s first wide-scale commercial deployment of Open RAN powered by vRAN; Samsung enters Europe with its latest 5G solutions
First wide-scale commercial deployment of 5G Open Virtual disaggregated RAN.
Entry of Samsung’s First 5G commercial network in UK & Europe
UK’s first carrier grade commercial Open RAN based 3gpp compliant 4G/5G network
Britain has already ordered all Huawei equipment to be removed from its 5G network by the end of 2027, echoing a U.S. campaign against Huawei, citing national security risks.
Samsung is banking on Europe to maintain growth in its network equipment business, a senior executive told Reuters earlier this month, as 5G rollouts widen around the world.
The European telecoms equipment market is dominated by Nokia, Ericsson and Huawei, but Samsung has entered the picture after it unexpectedly landed a $6 billion deal with U.S. giant Verizon in September.
That is very interesting topic I would really like to hear about.
Are there many operators around the globe planning for 2G shutdown in the near future?