Samsung Electronics America, today announced that it has been selected to supply Verizon with commercial 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network solutions. The two companies will begin by launching commercial 5G services in Sacramento, California in the second half of 2018.
“The industry has been discussing 5G connectivity for years, and through our joint collaboration with partners like Samsung, we are beginning to make it a reality for our customers,” said Ed Chan, Chief Technology Architect and Network Planning, Verizon. “Sacramento is an ideal place to begin deploying 5G broadband services, providing a progressive environment for creating future use cases.”
“Together with Verizon, we have explored the vast potential of 5G through market trials across the U.S.,” said Mark Louison, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Networks Division, Samsung Electronics America. “At the same time, Samsung applied lessons learned from these real-world trials to ensure that our complete end-to-end 5G portfolio is ready for commercial service. We are delighted to work with Verizon on this journey to create unprecedented user experiences powered by 5G.”
Last year, Samsung and Verizon began 5G customer trials across seven U.S. cities in early 2017, and have successfully tested and verified 5G performance using millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequency to provide FWA pre-commercial service. These trials were conducted in California, Georgia, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Michigan, Texas, and Washington D.C.
5G Trial Findings - After conducting trials in key markets across the U.S., Samsung and Verizon have collected results that will help in calibrating a 5G future. Key findings include:
Samsung will provide Verizon with commercial 5G home routers (CPEs), 5G Radio Access Units (RAN) comprised of a compact radio base station and virtualized RAN elements, as well as 5G radio frequency planning services. To provide these services, Samsung has leveraged in-house technology and assets to develop the first commercial ASIC-based 5G modems and mmWave RFICs.
It's very interesting. The US has lost the hardware segment for wireless telecom. If the Chinese weren't blocked from the US Market I'd think Huawei would be in the game as well.
Is this service now has passed its commercial viability and ready to go ?whether 5g ready handsets are required or 4g works with them?
Good project
대단하네요. 핵심 기술(ASIC, RFIC)을 자체 솔루션으로 해결 해버리니...
즉, Fixed Wireless Access 장비인 CPE를 자체적으로 완성 했다는 것.
단, 나라 전체를 보면 좋은 일이지만, 나라 안에서 보면 중소업체와는 무관하네요.
대기업의 기술이 중소업체로 전파되어 대 기업을 받쳐주면서 중소기업들이 살아나고, 대기업은 새로운 경쟁과 탐구활동을 하여 기술 선도를 하면 좋으련만,....