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PROVING THE ECONOMIC CASE OF ORAN & ADDRESSING EARLY DEPLOYMENT CHALLENGES

Another in a series of events organised by WASET.org

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Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have their sights set on 6G.

Written by Oscar Hornstein for UKTech.news

The UK represented only 0.3% of global patents in the semiconductor industry last year, despite a surge in new technologies in the sector, new research has found.

ETSI's Research Conference, Maximising the Impact of European 6G Research through Standardisation, took place 6-8 Feb 2023 at ETSI Headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, France.
Free 6G Training produced this extensive summary of the event and key details.

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Verizon's financial outlook for 2023 is today much lower than what the company's executives outlined during Verizon's analyst day almost exactly a year ago.

Ericsson has expanded its indoor mobile connectivity portfolio with three new easy-to-deploy and cost-efficient solutions aimed at delivering 5G coverage, capacity and capabilities across the interior of any work or business environment – regardless of the size or complexity of the building.

Samsung Electronics has inaugurated its new semiconductor research and development facility, NRD-K, in Korea.
The site, which spans 109,000 square metres, is located in Samsung’s Giheung campus, where the company developed the world’s first 64-megabit DRAM chip in the early 90s.

The Japanese government has earmarked ¥10tn ($65bn) of state funding by 2030 to strengthen Japan’s semiconductor and AI chip sector, partly to help secure the country’s supply chains and avoid future global disruptions, and partly to ensure sustainable growth within Japan’s critical semiconductor and technology sectors.

• MasOrange, Telefónica, Vodafone Grupo and the i2CAT research centre have established Europe’s first multi-operator Open Gateway laboratory in Barcelona, a milestone in the telecommunications sector that opens up new opportunities for developers and companies.
• The lab is part of the GSMA-led Open Gateway initiative to transform telec

Nokia acquires Rapid technology and R&D unit to strengthen development of network API solutions and ecosystem

Telenor Group has officially launched its AI factory, designed to help businesses accelerate AI-powered transformation across various industries. As part of the initiative, Telenor announced an initial 100 million NOK investment in February to build an AI factory using NVIDIA’s full-stack AI computing platform.

The Flexi-DAS project, where AWTG is the project Lead, a collaboration between UK and South Korean partners, successfully concluded and achieved its key objectives in revolutionising Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS).

Ericsson and Telstra today announced the successful launch of the 5G Advanced Automated Energy Saver (AES), a first-of-its-kind energy management feature in the Southern Hemisphere.

The automotive sector has been embracing sophisticated tech and connectivity for quite some time now
But the relationship between the automotive and telco sectors is entering a new phase

The GSMA has forged a network API-fuelled partnership with the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC)

• The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) is investing in European 6G R&D projects
• It has just identified 16 projects that, between them, will receive €127m in funding
• The SNS JU has now awarded more than €500m in funding to date

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ESA is continuing its commitment to strengthening international cooperation by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the area of 5G/6G communications with the Satcom Forum of South Korea, a group of 41 leading Korean companies including LG, Intellian and KT SAT.