Business Samsung, TELUS collaborate on Canada’s AI-powered RAN intelligent controller
By Diplomacy Journal Lee Kap-soo Samsung Electronics and TELUS announced on Sept. 18 that they will deploy Canada’s first commercial Radio Access Network Intelligent Controller (RIC), marking a significant milestone toward fully software-based, AI-powered networks. Samsung will provide its RIC solution, including open multi-vendor support and a rich suite of applications as part of Samsung CognitiV Network Operations Suite (NOS), to further enable intelligent automation, enhanced energy efficiency and optimized performance across TELUS’ wireless network. The RIC is a software-based component i