The telecom authority of India had previously invited Cisco, Nokia, Huawei and Ericsson to conduct field 5G trials in the country
Samsung and Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will be collaborating to conduct 5G network field trials in Delhi during the first half of 2019. The Korea based telecom gear maker has chosen Reliance Jio to be the prime telecom partner for conducting these 5G filed trials in the first quarter of the next year.
The telecom authority of India had previously invited Cisco, Nokia, Huawei and Ericsson to conduct field 5G trials in the country.
Srini Sundarajan, network business division head, Samsung India said,”5G is about ecosystem. We need different stakeholders and providers to help identify use cases that have business value.”
Reliance Jio and Samsung will be using millimeter wave spectrum to conduct these 5G field trials in India.
5G key for digitising India
Youngky Kim, president and head of networks business, Samsung Electronics underlining the importance of 5G at IMC 2018, said, “5G will be the key to bring smart factories, smart cities and smart agriculture to a new, digitalised India. Samsung will pave the way for 5G to unlock the full potential of India together with industry leaders.”
Samsung is currently showcasing the ways its 5G solutions will enable various 5G-powered scenarios and other business models. The demonstrated 5G solutions by Samsung include applications in home broadband services, agriculture and in smart cities.
Samsung’s Global 5G Portfolio
The Korean telecom gear maker has recently worked with Verizon network in United States to launch 5G commercial services in the country. Samsung is also actively working on deploying commercial 5G technology with several Korean and US based telecom operators.
It is also the only telecom gear maker in country that provides 4G equipment to Reliance Jio’s India network.
Samsung’s previous experience in working on the 5G technology across the globe might be of great help when it starts conducting 5G field trials here in India
