Samsung strengthens its AI-based 5G network portfolio with AMD collaboration, accelerating commercial deployments and showcasing innovations at MWC 2026.
Samsung Electronics has revealed major advancements in its network portfolio in partnership with AMD, signaling the transition from joint verification to commercial deployment. The achievement fortifies the firms' strategic partnership centered on software-based and AI-based network innovation, including 5G Core, virtualized RAN (vRAN), and private network solutions.
Samsung was recently chosen by Videotron to implement 5G Non-Standalone and 4G LTE Core gateway solutions powered by AMD EPYC 9005 Series processors as part of its increasing momentum. In addition to increasing Samsung's presence in Canada, the deployment strengthens operator trust in its partner ecosystem and advances its cloud-based AI core strategy.
Samsung will present its AI-based vRAN integrated with AMD EPYC CPUs at MWC 2026, along with other AI-RAN innovations. The businesses will discuss findings from multi-cell testing carried out at Samsung's R&D facility after last year's validation success. In software-defined network environments, the experiments show improved processor flexibility and scalable installations.
The accomplishment demonstrates Samsung's capacity to use a completely virtualized software stack on the newest AMD CPUs to provide commercial-grade, AI-powered vRAN performance without the need for extra hardware accelerators. This is in line with Samsung's larger trend toward software centric architectures that give operators more flexibility and choice while lowering reliance on hardware.
The partnership covers enterprise AI technologies in addition to telecom infrastructure. Samsung plans to launch its network in a server solution, an AMD processor-powered fully virtualized Edge AI platform. The solution lowers operational complexity while allowing operators to incorporate AI capabilities into their networks. Real-world AI-on-RAN applications will be demonstrated, including video analytics, sensor and radar detection using integrated sensing and communication technology and hyperconnectivity for gadgets of the future. Samsung Networks is still providing operators with advanced, AI-powered network infrastructure and end-to-end 5G solutions worldwide.
