⁍ Samsung has signed up Verizon as its first customer in the United States for its 5G products to increase indoor coverage.

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⁍ Samsung has gained ground in recent years and is challenging the dominance of Nokia and Ericsson in telecom gear.

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⁍ It has also benefited from China’s Huawei getting barred from bidding for 5G contracts in the United States.

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– A month after winning a $6.64 billion order for telecom equipment from Verizon, Samsung has announced its first 5G customer in the US: Verizon. The South Korean company’s products will help the mobile network operator increase indoor coverage for 5G, per Reuters. Indoor coverage is crucial for the technology, as millimetre wave radio frequency used by Verizon faces problems in passing through walls or other obstacles. “We have scale that we can bring to bear, but we’re also a challenger and we’re very hungry and aggressive,” Alok Shah, VP of Network Strategy at Samsung, says. “So far that’s really been the secret sauce for us to bring both sides of that coin to customers.”