South Korea nudges UK government on behalf of Samsung Networks
Samsung’s effort to challenge Ericsson and Nokia in Europe might get a helping hand from the UK government.
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Component shortages hit smartphone sales as Samsung spends big on chip plant
Global smartphone sales were down by almost 24 million in the third quarter of this year compared with the same period last year, hit by the ongoing component shortage.
Samsung delivers record quarter on the back of chip demand
Samsung Electronics published its financial results of Q3 with highest ever revenue and second highest profit, driven by sustained high market demand for semiconductors.
Samsung and Ciena announce 5G love-in
You’ve got the transport, I’ve got the RAN, let’s make lots of money (what Samsung said to Ciena, as imagined by Telecoms.com).
Virgin Media O2 flirts with Samsung as a RAN vendor
Newly-merged UK operator group VMO2 is going to conduct trials with Samsung to test the compatibility of its 4G and 5G kit with legacy networks.
China to bolster chip self-sufficiency with new Shanghai facility
China’s biggest chipmaker will be part of a joint investment of $8.87 billion to build a new fab facility in Shanghai to reduce the country’s reliance on overseas foundries.
Jay Y. Lee out of jail, but Samsung still saddled with uncertainty
Samsung’s heir apparent has been granted a parole, but when and how he could take the reins at Korea’s biggest chaebol is still not clear.
Google to power new Pixel phones with own chip
Google will use a custom chip designed in house to power the next generation flagship Pixel smartphones, following in the footsteps of Apple and Samsung to rid themselves of the perceived limitations of off-the-shelf offerings.
Intel vows to regain chip leadership from TSMC and Samsung by 2025
Once dominant chip maker Intel shared its R&D and foundry roadmaps for the next four years, during which it plans to regain the global leader position, and unveiled two marquee customers in AWS and Qualcomm.
KT takes the plunge on standalone 5G
South Korean operator KT has become one of the world’s first operators to move its commercial 5G network to standalone mode.
Qualcomm and InterDigital among founders of new US 6G initiative
The US has created another 6G initiative and got a bunch of tech and telecoms giants on board from the start.
TPG and Samsung to have Australia’s first go at 5G vRAN over mmWave
An imminent trial marks a significant step for Samsung in Australia as well as adding to a busy week for TPG.
Mavenir and NEC help DT create ‘O-RAN Town’
German operator group Deutsche Telekom has laid claim to Europe’s first OpenRAN deployment in Neubrandenburg.
Samsung crams multiple antennas into one box to tempt European telcos
Samsung has taken the wraps off a new radio design that it hopes will help it gain further traction with European telcos.
Big wins for Samsung and NEC as Vodafone reveals OpenRAN suppliers
Days after lighting up its latest OpenRAN site, Vodafone on Monday announced the vendors that will support its European deployment of this supposedly game-changing technology.
Google and Samsung hope two wrongs make a wearable right
Last week Google almost apologetically slipped out the news that it’s merging its wearable device OS with Samsung’s one.
US consumers happier with Samsung than Apple
Customer satisfaction in the US mobile market hasn’t changed much in the past 12 months, the latest data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) shows, which, against the backdrop of a global pandemic, is clearly a good thing.
Korea aims to chip away at Taiwan’s semiconductor dominance
South Korean electronics giant Samsung ha pledged to invest $150 billion in its chip business by 2030 and its government says it will get involved too.
Ericsson and Samsung patent war ends in a boring truce
The only fun in covering patent disputes comes when there’s a clear winner, but Ericsson and Samsung aren’t even revealing the terms of their settlement.
Verizon kicks off 5G C-band rollout
Verizon has begun deploying RAN equipment from Ericsson and Samsung to enable it to use its recently-acquired C-band spectrum.
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