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Top 50 Key Players companies in 5G
by Most Literature Citation in the world in 2018

The 5G top 50 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 50 Most Literature Citation 5G Key Players in the world. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2018, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.

Key Players

Fast-growings

Startups & Unicorns

New Entrants

Ranking Year:

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Region:

Global

China

Japan

France

United States

Germany

Ranking:

Most Patent Filings

Highest Patent Value

Most Sep Patents

Most Patent Citation

Most Research Publications

Most Literature Citation

Most Market Reports

Most News Heat

#
Company Name
Region
Tech Topics
Total
1
Nokia Bell Labs France
Île-de-France, France
Construction engineering,Environmental engineering,Civil engineering,
...[+1]
Literature citation: 9,575
2
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Sheng, China
Wireless,Software,Mobile device,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 7,382
3
Samsung Co. Ltd.
South Korea
Semiconductor,Communication device,Electronic component
Literature citation: 6,355
4
Aalborg University Hospital
Denmark
Social science,Public university,Neurotechnology,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 5,423
5
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
Sweden
Telecommunications,Software,Mobile device,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 4,777
6
China Mobile Research Institute
Beijing Shi, China
Mobile device
Literature citation: 4,409
7
Vodafone Group Plc
United Kingdom
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Unified communications,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 3,824
8
Intel Corp.
California, United States
Semiconductor,Software,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 3,584
9
Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik HHI
BE, DE
Applied research,Systems design,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 3,305
10
NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
Telecommunications,Wireless,Mobile device,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 2,565
11
Nokia Oyj
Southern Finland, Finland
Mobile device,Internet of Things,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 2,363
12
ZTE Corp.
Guangdong Sheng, China
Telecommunications,Computer hardware,Wireless,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 2,058
13
Nokia Networks
Southern Finland, Finland
Telecommunications equipment,Software,Telecommunications,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 1,777
14
Cisco Systems, Inc.
California, United States
Computer hardware,Enterprise software,Internet Protocol,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 1,636
15
QUALCOMM, Inc.
California, United States
Telecommunications,Wireless,Mobile device,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 1,573
16
Wellington Management Co. LLP
Massachusetts, United States
Asset management,Market research,Gene delivery,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 1,024
17
National Instruments Corp.
Texas, United States
Software,Application software,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 963
18
Telefónica SA
Madrid, Spain
Telecommunications,Mobile telephony,Web development,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 926
19
Commissariat à l´énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
France
National security,European Research Area,Military research,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 926
20
Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute
South Korea
Telecommunications,Electronics,Automation,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 822
21
China Mobile Ltd.
Beijing Shi, China
Telecommunications,Wireless,Roaming,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 713
22
Simula Research Laboratory AS
Akershus, Norway
Software engineering
Literature citation: 599
23
Telecom Italia Information Technology SpA
Lombardia, Italy
Telecommunications,Test-driven development,Machine to machine,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 513
24
Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy
Southern Finland, Finland
Telecommunications,Applied research,Solar cell,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 414
25
AT&T Labs, Inc.
Texas, United States
Telecommunications,Wireless
Literature citation: 391
26
Texas A&M University Qatar
Qatar
Petroleum engineering,Chemical engineering,Control theory,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 378
27
TOSHIBA Corp.
Tokyo, Japan
Semiconductor,Computer hardware,Electronics,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 363
28
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.
Tokyo, Japan
Telecommunications,Cloud database,Data center,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 345
29
InterDigital, Inc.
Pennsylvania, United States
Wireless,Mobile technology,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 344
30
Deutsche Telekom AG
Bayern, Germany
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 326
31
Instituto De SAlud Carlos Iii De Madrid
Spain
Cancer immunotherapy,Immunotherapy,Monoclonal antibody,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 295
32
Panasonic Holdings Corp.
Osaka, Japan
Semiconductor,Industrial engineering,Electronics,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 283
33
Alcatel-Lucent S A
Île-de-France, France
Trust network,Software,Telecommunications,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 277
34
ATOS SE
Île-de-France, France
Software,Enterprise software,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 274
35
Kyung Hee University System
South Korea
Hangul,University system,Paralegal,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 257
36
Intracom Holdings SA
Greece
Telecommunications,Wireless backhaul,Software,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 210
37
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.
New York, United States
Semiconductor,Investment company,Electronic component,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 210
38
Khalifa University
United Arab Emirates
Computer science,Materials science,Chemistry,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 205
39
Broadcom, Inc.
California, United States
Semiconductor,Mobile device,Wireless,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 199
40
International Business Machines Corp.
New York, United States
Software,Computer hardware,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 188
41
fondazione bruno kessler
Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Social influence
Literature citation: 180
42
ADVA Optical Networking SE
Bayern, Germany
Optical networking,Telecommunications,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 176
43
Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation
Victoria, Australia
Market research,Phosphatase,Kinase,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 176
44
Fujitsu Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
Cloud computing,Enterprise software,Information technology management,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 174
45
National Institute of Information & Communications Technology
Tokyo, Japan
Information and Communications Technology,Association (object-oriented programming)
Literature citation: 170
46
Intel Mobile Communications UK Ltd.
California, United States
Software development,Enterprise software,Scalability,
...[+1]
Literature citation: 170
47
Eurescom – European Institute for Research & Strategic
Hessen, Germany
Telecom network
Literature citation: 134
48
Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc.
California, United States
Automation,Photovoltaics,Air conditioning,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 129
49
Center for Information Technology
United States
Human services,Telecommunications,Computer science,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 124
50
University of Western Macedonia
Kozani, Greece
Computer science,Computer network,Distributed computing,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 123

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