Samsung Electronics has signed a 5G mobile communication equipment supply contract with NTT DOCOMO, the largest mobile communication service provider in Japan.
This is the first time that Samsung Electronics directly supplies mobile communication equipment to NTT DoCoMo.
With this supply contract, Samsung Electronics secured NTT Docomo as a 5G customer following KDDI, the second-largest telecommunications service provider, and expanded its presence in the Japanese 5G mobile communication market.
Samsung Electronics will supply the base station (RU, Radio Unit) necessary for the construction of 5G commercial network to NTT DoCoMo, and will support rapid 5G network construction.
Sadayuki Abeta, General Manager of NTT Docomo Radio Access Network Development Department said, “As a leading provider of mobile communications, NTT Docomo provides customers with more innovative and exciting experiences and We aim to provide the best service to solve the current issues,” he said. “Through cooperation with Samsung Electronics in the 5G field, we will expand’Lightning Speed 5G (5G) like the speed of light’ nationwide.
“We will do our best to contribute to the acceleration of 5G innovation of NTT DoCoMo,” said Iwao Satoshi, general manager of network business at Samsung Electronics’ Japan subsidiary. “We will expand our presence in the global mobile communication market.”
NTT DoCoMo has about 82 million subscribers as of December 2020, and has been providing 5G mobile communication commercial services since March 2020. [프레스맨]