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| Samsung is participating in the European 5G race |
European carriers are starting to view Samsung as a 5G provider to replace Huawei in China.
After Samsung struck a $ 6 billion deal with Verizon in September, Spain's Spanish company Telefonica and French company Orange held talks with Samsung.
Huawei devices, as well as Nokia and Ericsson devices, together make up nearly half of the European 4G network and form the basis of the 5G network.
European carriers are under pressure from the US to avoid using Huawei's 5G devices.
Washington said that despite Huawei's repeated dismissal of the issue, Huawei could covertly monitor Beijing.
One of Samsung's problems is that European carriers fear that their products are incompatible with Huawei's current 4G devices and that replacing them will cost hundreds of millions of dollars rather than just updating them. Day - day.
And Samsung has to be very competitive. Since 4G replacement cost is an additional cost for this Korean company, it's hard to be able to compete.
A Samsung spokesperson said: The notion that its devices are incompatible with the current infrastructure is false.
The spokesman refused to reveal the European market that the company plans to enter and hopes to repeat its success in Asia and America.
Verizon uses Samsung devices in various parts of its huge US network.
Orange said: We plan to use Samsung in Europe. We tested devices from Huawei and Samsung before selecting Nokia and Ericsson devices for the French 5G system.
European telecom companies have spent billions of euros on fiber optic networks in Europe, and 5G networks are consuming more money.
GSMA plans to invest $ 1.14 trillion worldwide over the next five years, 78% of which will be allocated to 5G networks.
When Bell Canada decided to drop Huawei devices earlier this year, analysts estimated that the cost of replacing 4G devices was about $ 200 million in just a few years.
French telecom company Altice France also said: New 5G devices are needed to adapt to the current architecture. Samsung hasn't shown up, but it may become an option in the future.
Deutsche Telekom, the largest telecom company in Europe, remains skeptical that Samsung will keep up in the short term.
Analysts said Samsung needs to do more to compete with Nokia and Ericsson.
Large transactions typically require years of preparation to build relationships with operators and test networks.