Samsung will develop technology allowing it to deliver high speed 5G data connections by 2020, the same year the European Union aims to deliver the technology.
Samsung says that once it has set the 5G network and commercialised it users can without limitation transmit massive data files including UHD and remote medical files.
Chang Yeong Kim, Samsung’s executive vice president and head of digital media and communication, added that its new adaptive array transceiver technology will allow it to transmit data over long distance overcoming limitations faced when using millimetre wave bands by transmitting data in the same bands over a frequency of 28GHz and speeds of up to 1.056Gbps for a distance of up to two kilometres.
“The millimetre-wave band is the most effective solution to recent surges in wireless Internet usage,” said Kim.
“Samsung’s recent success in developing the adaptive array transceiver technology has brought us one step closer to the commercialisation of 5G mobile communications in the millimetre-wave bands.”
Samsung is not however alone in this race with the EU commission vice president Neelie Kroes having announced that €50 million (US$65 million) had been set aside for research to deliver 5G mobile technology by 2020 and take Europe back to becoming a leader in the global mobile industry.
“Rolling out today’s networks is important. But what comes after? For the next global standard, and the next generation of technology, will Europe lead the world, or merely follow?” said Kroes.
The project has brought together European major research firms, telecoms and manufacturers.
Europe and Samsung are however not alone with Japan’s NTT DoCoMo having confirmed they had conducted a 10Gbps wireless test in Ishigaki last December that proved it was possible to blow past the speeds of LTE and LTE advanced.
