Samsung has partnered with Nvidia to advance AI-RAN (Artificial Intelligence in Radio Access Networks) technologies, aimed at improving mobile network efficiency and performance. Utilizing Nvidia’s accelerated computing platforms alongside Samsung’s virtualized solutions, the collaboration seeks to optimize networks in various environments, including rural and urban areas. At MWC 2025, Samsung showcased its vRAN integrated with Nvidia’s AI platform. June Moon, Samsung’s EVP, highlighted the partnership’s role in helping operators create suitable network architectures for AI. Ronnie Vasishta from Nvidia emphasized AI-RAN’s potential for transformative improvements in network utilization and the introduction of new AI services.
Samsung has revealed a collaboration with Nvidia aimed at advancing AI-RAN (Artificial Intelligence in Radio Access Networks) technologies. The initiative seeks to boost the efficiency and performance of mobile networks by leveraging Nvidia’s accelerated computing platforms in conjunction with Samsung’s virtualized solutions to enhance mobile network optimization.
Samsung showcases its real-world vRAN combined with NVIDIA’s accelerated computing at MWC 2025
RANs are the access networks utilized by cellular phones for connectivity, with 5G being a notable example. In this arrangement, Nvidia will integrate its Grace CPU and/or GPU-based AI platform with the virtual network designed by Samsung, offering diverse architectural technologies suitable for rural, suburban, or densely populated urban areas.
June Moon, Executive Vice President and Head of R&D, Networks Business at Samsung Electronics, highlighted the significance of this partnership: “As AI revolutionizes the telecommunications industry, Samsung is assisting operators in constructing the optimal network architecture and environment that enables AI to flourish, all powered by our established and AI-enhanced vRAN.”
Ronnie Vasishta, Senior Vice President for Telecom at NVIDIA, remarked, “AI-RAN represents a crucial technology that brings about transformative improvements in network utilization, efficiency, and performance while paving the way for new AI services.”
Nvidia SVP for Telecom Ronnie Vasishta and Samsung EVP & Head of R&D June Moon
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