The equipment would also include support for open interfaces, dubbed Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN<\/a>), that aim to reduce reliance on any one vendor by making every part of a telecom network interoperable.
Samsung is trying to challenge the incumbents in the 5G mobile network equipment industry, dominated by China's Huawei, Sweden's Ericsson and Finland's Nokia .
With geopolitical pressures hampering Huawei's growth outside China, the European companies were able to gain market share.
However, Samsung gained prominence by winning https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-samsung-elec-verizon-idUSKBN25Y00Z a $6.6 billion 5G contract from Verizon in the United States, replacing Nokia.
It got a contract from Canada's SaskTel earlier this month and is also in talks https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/samsung-europe-5g-idCNL1N2IP396 with European telecom operators to gain a foothold on the continent.
Nokia is also a 5G equipment supplier to NTT<\/a>, which had earlier used equipment developed by NEC<\/a> and Samsung.
\"This announcement cements Samsung's position as a major 5G RAN supplier,\" said Stefan Pongratz, Vice President at research firm Dell'Oro.
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