Quick view:
- Samsung Networks Open vRAN progress
- Growing the Open RAN ecosystem – more chip support
- RIC and AI-led RAN automation
- Private Networks use cases and growth
In this joint interview with Samsung Networks, TMN Editor Keith Dyer hears from:
- Kali Pickens, Senior Director, Head of Marketing, Networks Business, Samsung Electronics America.
Pickens says that Samsung Networks has the most open vRAN sites on air of any vendor in the world – and reveals how many live vRAN sites the company will have by the end of 2025. She also outlines the goals Samsung has to develop AI-powered automation and optimisation use cases, leveraging the RIC platform.
- Kiran Tharanath, Senior Director of Private Network, B2B-B2G Business Development, Networks Business, Samsung Electronics.
Tharanath says that the company’s private networks business is set for growth, following a large deployment with Hyundai in its manufacturing facility in South Korea, one of the country’s biggest, which uses RedCap IoT devices to monitor automated manufacturing processes.
With an all-software approach to a scaleable RAN and core, the company is targeting more growth globally in private networks.
