Samsung this week announced it has been selected by NTT East to expand the company’s private 5G network business in Japan.
Through the agreement, Samsung and NTT will offer commercial private 5G network services to enterprise customers beginning Q2 2022.
This announcement follows a series of tests completed last year to verify Samsung’s private 5G network solutions on NTT East’s network, demonstrating the capabilities required to build an optimized private 5G network that meets specific enterprise needs.
This month, the companies successfully completed a 5G Standalone (SA) technology verification, achieving increased uplink throughput by optimizing uplink and downlink allocation ratio in NTT East Research Facility. This improved uplink performance will be a key enabler for advanced services that require high data transmission—such as live video monitoring, connected drones and automated vehicles.
This verification was conducted using NTT East’s 4.8-4.9GHz spectrum, a frequency band dedicated for the “Local 5G” networks initiative in Japan. Samsung provided its end-to-end 5G solutions—including its outdoor radio units, baseband unit and 5G SA Core.
