Samsung, Vodafone, and AMD collaboration complete first call on Open RAN network

Samsung, Vodafone, and AMD have collaborated to make a new achievement in Open RAN technology by completing the first end-to-end call with the latest AMD processors. The companies claim that this is the first time that Open RAN technology has been enabled by AMD processors.

The call was done in Samsung’s R&D lab in Korea. They used Samsung’s vRAN software that follows O-RAN standards, AMD EPYC 8004 Series processors on Supermicro’s Telco/Edge servers, and the Wind River Studio CaaS platform.

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The demonstration also marks the progress of Samsung and Vodafone’s strategic partnership, which aims to modernize legacy networks and grow a strong Open RAN ecosystem with industry-leading partners.

The companies will show their test result of more than 1Gbps speed for many users on many cells at MWC 2024. The companies also show their leadership in offering vRAN and Open RAN solutions that are reliable and sustainable, exceeding telco-grade performance.

June Moon, Executive Vice President & Head of R&D, Networks Business at Samsung Electronics said:

“This collective effort marks a key milestone for the mobile network industry to steer Open RAN forward, by embracing multiple providers at every layer of the network stack. The demo illustrates Samsung’s commitment to delivering the full potential of mobile networks by embracing openness. Samsung is constantly working with other technology frontrunners to offer operators the means to transform their networks and capitalize on the diversity of the Open RAN ecosystem.”