July 2, 2019 - Over the last few years, Samsung Networks has worked closely with its carrier partners to advance 5G, beginning with pre-commercial trials that tested the power of 5G in moving vehicles, test labs, and on-site locations ranging from stadiums to businesses to schools. Those trials led to the commercial launch of Verizon 5G Home in four U.S. cities last October. And the innovation continues with Samsung's support of the recent launch of Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband, available in Providence and Denver.
With each step, Samsung's focus has been on creating open interfaces within radio access networks, enabling new services to be more efficiently delivered to consumers and businesses. It's through an open approach that multi-vendor networks can be effectively leveraged, enabling greater flexibility in network management and the ability to speed delivery of new services and applications to customers – including mixed reality, industrial automation and IoT.
These efforts to drive multi-vendor RAN capabilities provide flexibility, efficiency and the ability to drive best-in-class solutions within the network. Continuing to advance open interfaces in the RAN is important as it will allow: