Dish Picks Samsung ORAN for 5G Network

Dish Network will use products from Samsung Electronics throughout its 5G open radio access network, the companies said Tuesday. “Per the multi-year agreement, the companies will collaborate to deploy Samsung's 5G O-RAN-compliant virtualized RAN (vRAN) solutions and radio units in markets across the U.S., supporting DISH's 5G commercial services,” they said. Samsung will supply “vRAN software and a variety of O-RAN compliant radio units, including Massive MIMO radios,” which “can operate on any commercial off-the-shelf server, while still delivering performance on par with traditional hardware-based equipment,” said a news release.