Broadcom and Samsung Electronics have introduced a new broadband-optimized reference platform for the global fixed wireless access (FWA) market, combining Broadcom’s BCM6776 Wi-Fi 8 System-on-Chip (SoC) with Samsung’s B1320 5G modem.
The collaboration represents one of the industry’s first integrated platforms combining 3GPP Release 17 connectivity with the emerging Wi-Fi 8 (IEEE 802.11bn) standard. The companies are targeting telecom operators and broadband providers seeking to deliver fiber-like broadband performance using 5G FWA infrastructure while reducing deployment costs and improving scalability.
The platform is designed to support mass-market broadband services by integrating advanced Wi-Fi 8 networking with Samsung’s 5G modem technology. Broadcom said the BCM6776 SoC integrates a quad-core Arm processor and supports 2-stream 40 MHz channels in the 2.4 GHz band along with 4-stream 160 MHz channels in the 5 GHz and 6 GHz bands.
Broadcom added that integrating the CPU and Wi-Fi 8 radio into a single chip helps OEMs lower bill of materials costs, simplify hardware design, and reduce active power consumption by 50 percent compared with earlier generations.
Samsung’s B1320 modem platform is built on a 5nm process and supports 3GPP Release 17 features. The chipset delivers 5G downlink speeds of up to 3.43 Gbps and uplink speeds of 1.17 Gbps. The modem also supports NR-NTN and NB-NTN satellite communications capabilities for L-band and S-band connectivity.
The combined platform integrates Samsung’s 5G modem, a quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 CPU, Broadcom’s network processor, Power Class 1.5 RF transceiver support, power management, and GNSS functionality. The companies said the architecture is designed to support full Wi-Fi to 5G throughput performance for next-generation broadband gateways.
Joonsuk Kim, Executive Vice President and Head of CP Development at Samsung Electronics, said the platform aims to make high-performance home internet more accessible and affordable while helping operators deliver reliable broadband experiences across different deployment environments.
Vijay Nagarajan, Vice President of Marketing in Broadcom’s Wireless and Broadband Communications Division, said the partnership would help accelerate the Wi-Fi 8 transition in the FWA market by combining coordinated reliability from Wi-Fi 8 and 5G technologies.
The platform launch is also receiving support from OEM partners including Humax Networks and WNC, both of which are developing next-generation Wi-Fi 8 gateways based on the Samsung and Broadcom architecture.
Humax Networks CEO Jerry Lee said the company demonstrated the industry’s first Wi-Fi 8 solution integrating Samsung’s 5G technology and Broadcom silicon during Mobile World Congress 2026. WNC Senior Vice President Johnson Hsu added that the platform is designed to support cost-competitive 5G NR connectivity for multi-system operators and FWA broadband customers. Global carrier trials and OEM sampling of the Samsung B1320 and Broadcom BCM6776 FWA platform are currently underway.