Samsung has done it again. With its latest 3GPP Excellence Award, Samsung now holds a record eight wins, the most of any player in the mobile standards arena.

On February 19, Samsung officially announced this historic achievement. It is a signal of who is quietly writing the rulebook for the next decade of wireless.

The honor went to Eko Onggosanusi of Samsung Research America, recognized at the 3GPP global standards meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The 3GPP Excellence Award celebrates individuals who shape the technical backbone of global mobile networks. Onggosanusi’s work sits at the very core of that backbone: the physical layer of radio access networks, specifically RAN Working Group 1.

The innovative achievement will anchor the 6G experience. Industry discussions around 6G point toward immersive XR, holographic calls, and seamless 8K or even 16K streaming.

These use cases demand extreme data rates and near zero latency. The move comes at a time when early 6G research is shifting from whiteboard concepts to concrete technical proposals within 3GPP.

Through Samsung Research and its Standards and Mobility Innovation Lab, the company has consistently invested in upstream standardization.

Owning key contributions in MIMO means Samsung influences how chipsets, base stations, and handsets evolve across the ecosystem. 6G remains years away from rollout, with most forecasts placing initial deployments in the early 2030s.

Standards work today determines what those networks can do. Samsung is not waiting for the market to ask for 6G. It is building the blueprint.

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