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TECHNOLOGY UPDATES SAMENA TRENDS

TPG Telecom and Samsung to Conduct 5G vRAN Trial in 26GHz Band

Samsung Electronics has announced that Berroeta, CEO at TPG Telecom, said: ‘We by our innovative 5G vRAN solution
it will conduct what it claims is Australia’s are very pleased to partner with Samsung and latest integrated 26GHz mmWave
first 5G virtualized RAN (vRAN) trial on as part of our new Innovation Lab to drive product, which will be the first in Australia
the 26GHz band in partnership with TPG product and technology innovation by … Through a combination of our powerful
Telecom (Vodafone Australia), using trialing virtualization … Deploying mmWave 5G solutions and ongoing efforts in 5G
integrated mmWave solution for mobile spectrum on our 5G network together development, Samsung looks forward to
and fixed-wireless services. Announcing with vRAN architecture will allow us to helping TPG Telecom gain the full benefits
the development, Samsung said it will place develop exciting 5G use cases for industry of 5G to reshape the value of mobile
its vRAN solution in TPG Telecom’s new verticals and enable the delivery of even experiences for users and enterprises.’ As
Innovation Lab in Glebe, New South Wales, faster speeds and greater capacity for previously reported by CommsUpdate, in
while the vendor’s latest 5G mmWave our customers.’ Woojune Kim, Executive April 2021 TPG Telecom was announced as
product – Compact Macro, which brings Vice President and Head of Global Sales & one of the winnings bidders in an auction
together a baseband, radio and antenna in Marketing, Networks Business at Samsung for 26GHz frequencies, with agreeing to
a single form-factor – will be deployed in Electronics, added: ‘Samsung is excited to pay AUD108 million (USD81 million) for its
the wider Glebe area. Commenting, Inaki begin this trial with TPG Telecom powered new spectrum.

Openreach and Nokia Partner on Tests of ‘25G PON’ Technology

Openreach, the infrastructure unit of British fixed line incumbent optical fiber. The pair note that the technology can run on the
BT, has partnered with Finnish vendor Nokia to conduct the UK’s same underlying infrastructure that Openreach is already building
first tests of ‘25G PON’ technology, which is reportedly capable across the UK, and suggest that, with further field trials to test
of delivering downlink speeds of up to 25Gbps over a single compatibility with existing technologies, the companies hope to
be able to develop an even wider range of services and speeds.
Having already tested the 25G PON technology at Openreach’s
Adastral Park lab in Ipswich, the two companies are now said to
be planning to launch a field trial by the end of 2021. Commenting,
Peter Bell, Director, Network Technology at Openreach said: ‘As
the country’s largest digital infrastructure provider, it’s crucial that
we continue to plan, innovate and evolve our network, to make
sure we have the capacity and capabilities that the UK needs in
the future … The Full Fiber network we’re building today is going to
be the platform for the UK’s economic, social and environmental
prosperity, and these trials prove that we can keep upgrading the
speeds and services our customers experience over that network
for decades to come.’

DT, Ericsson, Samsung Demonstrate 5G Network Slicing on Commercial Device

Deutsche Telekom (DT), Ericsson and mobile broadband slice and the cloud slicing sets a foundation for the creation
Samsung Electronics have announced VR gaming-optimized slice. The 5G E2E of new service offerings to consumer and
the implementation of multi-vendor 5G network slicing solution is designed and enterprise customers,’ stated Claudia
end-to-end (E2E) network slicing with a configured to enable higher throughput Nemat, DT Board Member of Technology
commercial 5G device. The successful trial and stable low latency to the gaming and Innovation, adding: ‘As an experienced
implementation, conducted on Ericsson slice, while at the same time providing focused company, it is essential that we
5G Standalone (SA) infrastructure and a resource isolation between the two slices demonstrate the value of 5G slicing for
Samsung Galaxy S21 5G device tethered and securing slice aware Quality of Service our customers lives. As a world’s first, our
to a VR headset, paves the way for slice (QoS) differentiation. According to DT, the unique collaboration with Ericsson and
access on 5G devices. For the cloud VR trial demonstrated a superior experience Samsung to provide slices to commercial
streaming game use case, two independent on the gaming slice even under congested devices shines a light on how we can bring
E2E network slices were created: a default network conditions. ‘5G SA network these benefits to our customers.’

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