Samsung Electronics and Ciena, an industry leader in coherent optical, routing and switching and analytics-driven automation, have teamed up to deliver 5G network solutions to the market. The agreement will allow Samsung incorporate Ciena’s xHaul solutions with its own 5G solutions to support the next-generation of high-bandwidth applications and services driven by expanding 5G networks.
Samsung’s collaboration with Ciena extends to delivery of hardware and software solutions to telecom operators, enabling them to support the increasing volume of 5G data traffic at the edge and within an increasingly distributed 5G architecture.
Wonil Roh, Senior Vice President and Head of Product Strategy, Networks Business at Samsung Electronics said, “As 5G proliferates, immersive services like AR/VR and HD video streaming are becoming the center of our daily mobile lives. In order to deliver more powerful 5G services, the current network architecture needs to evolve.
“Samsung’s ability to couple our best-in-class 5G solutions with a leader in transport technologies like Ciena will give customers a solution to address this need, and do so with the confidence to scale and evolve their networks to support the future of 5G.”
Combining Samsung’s 5G RAN and Core with Ciena’s xHaul Routing and Switching portfolio and next-generation Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) domain controller will give customers an optimized offer that takes full advantage of 5G services, while providing efficient ways to manage massive data across networks and to the cloud. This will help accelerate the deployment of advanced applications enhanced by 5G, such as network slicing, IoT and automation through AI. The combined offer will deliver a validated solution, providing more compatible, faster and simplified implementations of 5G networks.
“Together with Samsung, we’re fueling the next generation of mobile connectivity to unleash the full potential of 5G,” said Matt Cook, Vice President, Global Partner Organization, Ciena. “As both companies are leading innovators in our respective spaces with strong customer bases for these portfolios, this powerful collaboration leverages our collective leadership to create best-in-breed 5G networks that are open, scalable and adaptive.”
The synergy will also feature an end-to-end solution set including Ciena’s xHaul Routing and Switching portfolio and next-generation MCP domain controller, and Samsung’s Core and RAN portfolio, including virtualized RAN (vRAN) solutions, baseband units and radios. The resulting solution set is available immediately.
Samsung continues to improve its 5G Network offerings. In December 2020, the company collaborated with IBM on Innovative 5G and Cloud Solutions for the Mobile Enterprise. Earlier this year, it consolidated on its 5G Technology Leadership with Fully Virtualized Commercial 5G RAN and in March partnered Marvell to Unveil New System-on-a-Chip to Advance 5G Networks.
