Samsung Networks hosted its annual “Partner Day” at its headquarters in Korea, bringing together key players from across the virtualized RAN (vRAN) and Open RAN ecosystem to deepen collaboration and explore opportunities in next-generation, software-centric networks.
Samsung Networks is well behind Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, and ZTE in the telecom network business. Samsung Networks does not reveal the size of its revenue.
Samsung Strengthens Partner Ecosystem
Samsung welcomed strategic technology partners including Intel, Dell, HPE, Red Hat, Wind River, Supermicro, QCT, and Bespin Global, focusing on fostering tighter alliances to overcome market stagnation and network complexity. Discussions centered around building flexible, cloud-native, and AI-ready infrastructure to support extreme automation and the evolution of vRAN and Open RAN.
Intel, Dell, and HPE emphasized the growing need for disaggregated, intelligent architectures to future-proof networks. Supermicro and QCT highlighted the role of vRAN as a launchpad for network-AI convergence. Red Hat and Wind River underscored the value of ecosystem-wide collaboration to ensure seamless multi-vendor integration and support for AI use cases.
Cloud specialist Bespin Global shared practical insights on leveraging telco edge data centers for AI workloads, urging telcos to ready their infrastructure for a wave of new AI applications.
Samsung reiterated its “Network as a Data Center” vision — an end-to-end software-based architecture enabling unified, intelligent operations across the network. By extending its vRAN success, Samsung aims to deliver a fully virtualized, scalable network environment that reduces OPEX and creates new revenue streams.
The Partner Day underscored Samsung’s commitment to co-developing a software-powered network future, with ecosystem collaboration at its core.
Future of AI-powered Telecom Infrastructure
Samsung is advancing its leadership in network AI with an end-to-end strategy that tightly integrates artificial intelligence into every layer of the telecom ecosystem — from core to edge to cell sites. Its multi-purpose, software-based network platform allows mobile operators to seamlessly deploy AI applications across their infrastructure without the need for additional servers or standalone GPU hardware. This flexible, virtualized architecture supports AI workloads directly on vRAN servers or at the cell edge, enabling AI-native use cases to flourish.
Central to Samsung’s AI strategy is the concept of both “Network for AI” and “AI for Network.” While the former focuses on building network platforms capable of supporting distributed AI services, the latter leverages AI technologies to optimize network operations, as seen in Samsung’s CognitiV Network Operations Suite. This suite empowers operators with AI-powered tools for automation, planning, and real-time optimization, offering practical benefits in efficiency and performance.
Samsung’s leadership in the AI-RAN Alliance and contributions to defining AI-in-RAN frameworks underscore its commitment to industry collaboration and innovation. With over 53,000 O-RAN-compliant vRAN sites expected by the end of 2025, Samsung provides operators a ready foundation to transition toward fully AI-integrated networks.
Backed by a robust ecosystem of global partners, Samsung is not only setting standards but also delivering scalable, future-ready AI solutions — helping operators harness location intelligence and real-time data at massive scale. As the telecom industry enters the AI era, Samsung is at the forefront, enabling the shift to intelligent, adaptive, and software-defined networks.
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