"As the world's mobile operators transition to software-driven, cloud-native architectures, single-server virtualised RAN (vRAN) deployments are becoming essential, and to allow the providers to meet these demands and prepare for future infrastructures, Samsung has completed what it claims is the industry's first commercial call over vRAN. The CE giant believes that as operators accelerate their transition to software-driven, flexible architectures while seeking more sustainable infrastructure, the ability to run RAN and AI workloads on fewer, more powerful servers becomes critical."
"The vRAN is powered by new Intel Xeon 6 system on chip (SoC) 6700P-B processor series with up to 72 cores, running on a Tier 1 US operator's live network. The move was completed just months after the first wave of the Intel Xeon 6 SoC becoming commercially available and builds upon Samsung's previous achievement in 2024, when it completed the industry-first end-to-end call in a lab environment with Intel Xeon 6 SoC."
Samsung completed a commercial call over a single-server virtualised RAN (vRAN), demonstrating live-network capability for cloud-native RAN architectures. Operators can consolidate RAN and AI workloads onto fewer servers, reducing total cost of ownership, physical footprint, and energy consumption while simplifying management of complex site configurations. The demonstration ran on a Tier 1 US operator's live network using Intel Xeon 6 SoC 6700P-B processors with up to 72 cores. The commercial milestone followed a 2024 lab end-to-end call and reinforces vRAN as a platform for AI-native, adaptable, and more sustainable next-generation and future 6G networks.
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