Samsung Electronics and SK telecom have embarked on forming alliances with global operators to lead the development of 6G and integrate Large Language Models (LLM) into their services. While Samsung Electronics is co-establishing a consortium with big tech companies across various sectors such as te
SK telecom announced on Feb. 22 that it has successfully completed the conceptual verification of AI-based wireless transmission and reception technology for future 6G mobile communications for base stations in cooperation with NTT DoCoMo, NTT, and Nokia Bell Lab.The developed technology incorporate
Samsung Electronics is expanding its influence in the North American region, including Canada and the United States, by leading with its Open RAN solution. The company plans to strengthen its position in the global telecommunications equipment market, which is currently dominated by Huawei, Ericsson
The Korean Ministry of Science and ICT will enter the global market for open radio access network (ORAN) services in earnest with the public-private partnership front and center.On Aug. 16, the ministry announced the direction of its ORAN policies and will hold a proclamation ceremony for the ORAN I
Smartphone companies from Japan and China, which once claimed they would surpass Samsung Electronics, are sequentially withdrawing from the business. This is due to receiving evaluations that their quality and price competitiveness are subpar. Samsung and Apple outperformed them in the high-end mark
KT announced on March 2 that it has agreed with Nokia and Megazone Cloud on a plan to develop a private 5G (5G-specialized network) business using the cloud of AWS at MWC 2023 in Barcelona, Spain.Through this cooperation, KT, Nokia and Megazone Cloud will join forces to establish a private 5G busine
The Korea International Trade Association announced on Oct. 13 that China’s share in the U.S. communications equipment market dropped from 49.2 percent in 2018 to 24.5 percent in 2021 and then to 19 percent in the first half of this year.“The share in the global market rose from 40.1 percent in 2012
Nokia announced on June 16 that Nokia and LS ELECTRIC, one of South Korea’s biggest providers of electric power equipment and automation solutions, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop ICT-based solutions for new service models.The two companies will collaborate to develop a mo
LS Electric announced on June 8 that it has acquired Nokia’s power facility asset analysis platform to enter the asset management solution (AMS) business, which provides total care services throughout the life cycle of power facilities.Nokia developed Asset Lifecycle Optimization (ALO) that can perf
The authors are analysts of Shinhan Investment Corp. They can be reached at ym.ko@shinhan.com and hyungwou@shinhan.com, respectively. -- Ed. Domestic market for private 5G to take off in 2022Contrary to expectations, investments in 28GHz-based 5G networks have been lackluster. In the absence of B2B
Huawei accounted for 28.7 percent of the global communications equipment market in terms of sales last year, topping the market for two years in a row in spite of declines in sales and smartphone sales volume.Ericsson came in second with 15 percent, followed by Nokia (14.9 percent), ZTE (10.5 percen
LG Uplus has begun to test reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), which is considered a core technology for 6G mobile communications.RIS is a programmable structure that can be used to control the propagation of electromagnetic (EM) waves by changing the electric and magnetic properties of the su
SK Telecom is leading the development of 5G equipment through virtualization technology in cooperation with major Korean and foreign communication equipment manufacturers.SK Telecom announced on Feb. 21 that it will unveil the results of its research on virtualization technology at MWC 22, which wil
Corporate interest in private 5G networks is growing. Private 5G or local 5G refers to 5G communication networks built and operated by businesses in limited areas to utilize 5G's high speed, ultra-low latency and ultra-connectivity.Earlier, at the end of 2021, Naver Cloud was selected as the fir
KT has successfully tested 30-km long-distance fronthaul in cooperation with Nokia, a global telecommunication equipment giant.Fronthaul is defined as the fiber-based connection in RAN infrastructure between the baseband unit (BBU) and remote radio head (RRH). As fronthaul currently supports a dista
Automotive operating system (OS) development is accelerating along with vehicle electrification. Nowadays, automotive electrical and electronic architectures are becoming increasingly centralized, that is, a small number of electronic control units covering a wide variety of functions. This is more
Samsung Electronics is expanding its presence in the global 5G equipment market. Following the start of 5G services in the United Kingdom, Samsung’s 5G network business is expected to gain momentum with the launch of 5G services in the United States.Vodafone’s British subsidiary launched the first c
IPlytics said in its recent report that Huawei currently has the largest number of 5G patents in the world.According to the report, Huawei currently has 15.93 percent of all valid patents in the industry, followed by LG Electronics (10.79 percent), Samsung Electronics (10.55 percent), Qualcomm (10.4
The authors are analysts of Shinhan Investment Corp. They can be reached at ym.ko@shinhan.com and hyungwou@shinhan.com, respectively. -- Ed. 2Q21 OP forecast at KRW3.3bn(TB YoY)We now expect RFHIC to post operating profit of KRW3.3bn (positive swing YoY) on sales of KRW30.6bn (+108% YoY) for 2Q21. T
U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in released a joint statement on May 21 and declared that the two countries would collaborate in the fields of 6G communications, open radio access network and quantum technology in particular. “Well aware of the importance of mobile commu