Samsung Electronics announced that it has successfully completed what it calls the industry’s first commercial call using its virtualized radio access network (vRAN) solution powered by Intel’s Xeon 6700P-B processor series on a Tier 1 US operator’s live commercial network. The achievement marks a major milestone for network virtualization and builds on Samsung’s 2024 industry-first end-to-end vRAN call conducted in a lab environment using Intel Xeon 6 SoC, according to the official release dated January 13, 2026.
