Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday one of its officials has been elected chair of a key technical group under the 3rd Generation Partnership Project, a leading international telecommunications standards development organization.
At a recent plenary session, Kim Youn-sun at Samsung Research, an information technology, and telecommunications research and development arm of Samsung Electronics, was picked as the head of the Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network within 3GPP, according to Samsung Electronics.
His two-year term will start in May.
The TSG RAN is responsible for standardizing all aspects of wireless technology, such as the physical layer, protocol aspects and radio resource control within 3GPP.
Samsung Electronics said through Kim's chairmanship, the company is expected to contribute to the standardization of the sixth-generation mobile technology.
Established in 1998, 3GPP has led the development of global mobile communication technology standards with participation from the world's major telecommunications companies and organizations, including Samsung Electronics, Apple, Qualcomm, Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia. (Yonhap)
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