In today’s news roundup, Samsung and Ceragon land plum 5G deals at Dish Wireless, the EU hints that it will consider imposing levies on the major data traffic generators, and CommScope joins the next-gen FTTX tech club.
Samsung has landed another 5G radio access network (RAN) equipment contract in the US by securing a deal to provide Open RAN-compliant virtualized RAN technology and radio units to Dish Wireless, which is in the process of building a greenfield Open RAN-based 5G network across the country and which is expected to launch its commercial services any day. “Samsung’s 5G solutions will play an integral role in our network expansion, giving us the flexibility to deploy our cloud-native network with software-based solutions that support advanced services and operational scalability,” said John Swieringa, president and chief operating officer, DISH Wireless. “We look forward to working with Samsung, whose industry leadership in vRAN and O-RAN innovation will help support our vision of delivering open, interoperable cloud-based 5G services to consumers and enterprises across the U.S.”The collaboration also includes a deal to supply 5G devices, with Dish…
