Samsung Electronics announced on October 1, 2021 that it will deploy vRAN solutions for midband in KDDI's 5G network. Samsung Electronics and KDDI plan to start the trial in the first quarter of 2022 and apply it to the commercial network from the second quarter. The two companies have been jointly conducting technical research on vRAN, and have recently succeeded in 5G SA communication using Samsung Electronics' vRAN that supports O-RAN and Massive MIMO equipment of other companies. Mr. Kazuyuki Yoshimura, Director, Executive Officer and General Manager of Technology Management Division of KDDI, said, "We have expanded the cooperation between the two companies and were able to apply Samsung Electronics' vRAN, which provides overwhelming performance in 5G commercial networks, for the first time in Japan. I'm happy. " In addition, Kim Woojun, Vice President of Samsung Electronics and Head of Strategic Marketing Team, Network Division, said, "Following KDDI and 5G commercialization in 2020 and 700MHz 5G construction in 2021, we will set a new path through this vRAN business. I am happy to be able to do this. I would like to continue to cooperate with KDDI for new 5G innovation. "
