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Samsung, Vodafone, and Orange unleash 4G revolution in Rural Romania
Samsung in collaboration with Europe’s Vodafone and Orange completed the first 4G calls over shared commercial networks in rural areas of Romania. By leveraging Samsung’s vRAN, both operators can take advantage of the greater flexibility and innovation brought by the Open RAN ecosystem.
Following Vodafone UK’s Open RAN deployment and the successful integration tests in Orange’s Open RAN lab in France, Samsung provided its multi-RAT vRAN software as well as Open RAN-compliant radios for this initiative.
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As part of their pilot project, both operators have already achieved successful 4G calls over their respective Open RAN sharing sites and will soon introduce 2G, which has already been tested successfully in the lab, and then 5G.
It will be the first time 2G is fully integrated within a commercial Open RAN sharing environment in Europe. RAN sharing will help advance wide-scale Open RAN adoption in Europe.
Samsung today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2024. Thanks to higher prices for memory semiconductors and strong Galaxy S24 sales, the company posted KRW 71.92 trillion (about $52.3 billion) in consolidated revenue in the first three months.
Samsung’s first-quarter results
- Revenue: 71.92 trillion Korean won (about $52.3 billion)
- Operating profit: 6.61 trillion Korean won
The Korean tech giant revealed operating profit increased to KRW 6.61 trillion as the Memory Business returned to profit. Besides, the MX (Mobile eXperience) Business posted higher earnings and the Visual Display and Digital Appliances businesses also recorded increased profitability.
The DS Division posted KRW 23.14 trillion in consolidated revenue and KRW 1.91 trillion in operating profit for the first quarter. The company also disclosed that the development of advanced 3nm and 2nm technologies is progressing smoothly.
Samsung’s mobile business scored revenue and operating profit growth due to overwhelming sales of the Galaxy S24 series. In particular, Galaxy AI features on the S24, such as Circle to Search, continued to see high usage rates and contributed to sales growth.
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Samsung Boss Lee fled Germany to discuss potential partnerships with ZEISS. The official toured to ZEISS headquarters in Oberkochen and discussed cooperation in the nanometer processes field.
Per the announcement, Samsung plans to lead the sub 3nm ultra-fine process in the foundry market and start mass production of 6th-generation, 10-nanometer DRAMs using EUV processes by the end of the year.
This news comes right after TSMC revealed its roadmap of production on the 1.6nm process. The Korean tech giant is confident that its Gate-All-Around (GAA) tech will make it the market leader in the 2nm process.
“Collaboration with ZEISS will enable us to improve the performance and production processes of next-generation semiconductors and increase yield,” Samsung Electronics said.
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Galaxy Camera x ZEISS
ZEISS-branded camera come in vivo smartphones, hence, this collaboration is unlikely as Samsung doesn’t want any other branding for Galaxy’s camera. The company uses ISOCELL and Sony image sensors in Galaxy devices.
Previously, it was rumored that Samsung considering collaborating with Olympus. However, we haven’t seen any further development in the story and the company’s plans on promoting camera with unique branding.
Lee’s visit to ZEISS is all about partnership in process technology. Samsung Foundry is looking to attract clients as it already left behind TSMC in the market as well as losing consumers like Qualcomm.
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Galaxy S24 FE
- Galaxy S24 FE 5G spotted in UK carrier’s database.
- The phone would carry model number SM-S7210U in the region.
- Samsung is developing the Galaxy S24 FE with the R12 codename.
- As the development commenced late, the release may be pushed to later this year.
Galaxy Watch Ultra
- Watch 7 Classic could hit shelves, whereas Ultra will join the party as a new member.
- Samsung is reportedly developing the first Galaxy Watch Ultra.
- SM-L705UZ – USA
- SM-L705N – Korea
- SM-L705F – Global
- Previous reports indicate that the Ultra watch may boast 578mAh battery.
- Samsung is reportedly developing the first Galaxy Watch Ultra.
One UI 6.1.1 Video AI
- Samsung put its entire software manforce to develop One UI 6.1.1.
- The next One UI upgrade is said to bring some new AI features in July this year.
- Tipster revealed that the Galaxy AI in One UI 6.1.1 will bring the “Video AI” features.
- Video AI might mean text-to-video generation or real-time generative editing.
- Samsung might also bring AI-powered video shooting features.
50W Dual Port Charger
- Samsung silently released a new 50W charging adapter (EP-T5020) with dual ports.
- It’s available in select European countries, expansion might take place in the future.
- There’s no phone capable of charging over 45W speed.
- Meanwhile, it’s still worth buying!
- It allows users to charge two Galaxy phones at 25W simultaneously.
- To get 50W speed (for laptops), you need to use the first port.
Galaxy Z Flip 6, Fold 6 (Ultra)
- Storage:
- Galaxy Z Flip 6 will be available in 256GB and 512GB storage options.
- Galaxy Z Fold 6 is said to be available in 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB variants.
- Colors:
- The Z Flip 6 might feature Mint and Silver Shadow colorways besides Crafted Black, Peach, and White.
- The Z Fold 6 would be available in Navy and Silver Shadow, alongside Crafted Black and White.
Galaxy C55 with leather back
- On April 22, Samsung launched the Galaxy C55 in China.
- The design includes an eye-catching plain leather back cover full of premium texture
- The phone is equipped with a Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chip and a 50MP selfie camera.
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