Samsung’s bid to become a major player in the telecoms equipment market has been boosted by a major contract with US operator Dish Network to supply radio access network (RAN) hardware and software for its planned 5G network. The Korean electronics giant will provide Dish with Open RAN-compliant virtualised RAN (vRAN) technology as it seeks to meet its target of covering 20% of the US population with 5G coverage by June 2022, expanding to 70% by 2023. Open RAN is a vendor-neutral approach with standardised designs that allow a variety of firms to supply hardware and software.
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