Samsung Joins O-RAN Alliance, Says It Hopes Move Will Speed 5G Deployment

Samsung joined the O-RAN Alliance, formed last year to promote an open connectivity infrastructure around optical regional advanced network nomenclature, said the company Thursday. The alliance’s aim is to “integrate greater intelligence into the radio access networks of next-generation wireless systems,” said Samsung. Its “open approach” enables the use of artificial intelligence to help service operators “better manage their networks through automation, as they evolve to 5G,” it said.