Samsung Wins Top Honours at 2014 Telecoms.com LTE Asia Awards

SINGAPORE - Sept. 25, 2014 - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading provider of mobile broadband networking solutions, received top honours at the 2014 Telecoms.com LTE Asia Awards held in Singapore from 23-25 September.

Samsung's industry-leading Smart VoLTE solution was awarded "Best VoLTE Innovation" at the 2014 Awards. This solution represents Samsung's commitment to expanding network capabilities by providing mobile network operators' greater control over the evolution and growth of their networks, and ensuring efficient delivery of high quality voice services.

"We thank Telecoms.com for the recognition of Samsung's continued contributions in delivering innovative LTE technology," said Joonho Park, Senior Vice President and head of Global Sales & Marketing, Networks Business. "Many of the world's major mobile operators have now deployed LTE in their networks and the number one concern for operators after initial LTE deployment is building and ensuring consistent, high quality experiences for users throughout the network. As validated by today's awards, Samsung's network technology truly supports mobile operators, and subsequently, the demand from end users for higher quality content."

Samsung's Smart VoLTE solution is designed with end users' voice experience in mind - focusing on a seamless and consistently high quality voice experience. The VoLTE solution also seeks to improve mobile network operators' ability to deliver a differentiated calling experience, maintaining competitiveness and helping build customer loyalty.

As data networks are typically deployed with density and high capacity in mind, certain services which are highly sensitive to network conditions - such as voice - are more heavily impacted by interference. Samsung's Smart VoLTE solution provides advanced scheduling coordination between base stations to greatly minimize such radio interference and ensure a consistent voice experience as users move throughout the network.

Combined with Samsung's upcoming InteractiV platform, traditional voice calls can also be rapidly transformed into more connected experiences such as enabling users to view menus on their screen as they order food for delivery, see flight details while arranging a trip with a travel agent, or share photos with friends in the middle of a call - all natively supported by any device with the InteractiV software installed.

Samsung's VoLTE solution was first deployed in Korea in 2012 and continues to improve the functionality and capability of LTE network technologies - allowing operators to do more with their infrastructure investments and providing users with truly unparalleled mobile experiences.

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