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Top 50 Key Players companies in 5G
by Most Literature Citation in the world in 2020

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 2020, 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: 11,643
2
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Sheng, China
Wireless,Software,Mobile device,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 8,744
3
Samsung Co. Ltd.
South Korea
Semiconductor,Communication device,Electronic component
Literature citation: 6,877
4
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
Sweden
Telecommunications,Software,Mobile device,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 5,948
5
Aalborg University Hospital
Denmark
Social science,Public university,Neurotechnology,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 5,887
6
China Mobile Research Institute
Beijing Shi, China
Mobile device
Literature citation: 4,566
7
Intel Corp.
California, United States
Semiconductor,Software,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 4,023
8
Vodafone Group Plc
United Kingdom
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Unified communications,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 3,869
9
Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik HHI
BE, DE
Applied research,Systems design,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 3,404
10
Nokia Oyj
Southern Finland, Finland
Mobile device,Internet of Things,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 2,673
11
NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
Telecommunications,Wireless,Mobile device,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 2,639
12
ZTE Corp.
Guangdong Sheng, China
Telecommunications,Computer hardware,Wireless,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 2,377
13
Nokia Networks
Southern Finland, Finland
Telecommunications equipment,Software,Telecommunications,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 1,828
14
QUALCOMM, Inc.
California, United States
Telecommunications,Wireless,Mobile device,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 1,811
15
Cisco Systems, Inc.
California, United States
Computer hardware,Enterprise software,Internet Protocol,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 1,655
16
Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute
South Korea
Telecommunications,Electronics,Automation,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 1,130
17
Telefónica SA
Madrid, Spain
Telecommunications,Mobile telephony,Web development,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 1,087
18
National Instruments Corp.
Texas, United States
Software,Application software,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 992
19
Commissariat à l´énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
France
National security,European Research Area,Military research,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 938
20
China Mobile Ltd.
Beijing Shi, China
Telecommunications,Wireless,Roaming,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 832
21
Kyung Hee University System
South Korea
Hangul,University system,Paralegal,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 666
22
Simula Research Laboratory AS
Akershus, Norway
Software engineering
Literature citation: 642
23
Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy
Southern Finland, Finland
Telecommunications,Applied research,Solar cell,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 589
24
TOSHIBA Corp.
Tokyo, Japan
Semiconductor,Computer hardware,Electronics,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 549
25
Telecom Italia Information Technology SpA
Lombardia, Italy
Telecommunications,Test-driven development,Machine to machine,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 538
26
InterDigital, Inc.
Pennsylvania, United States
Wireless,Mobile technology,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 483
27
AT&T Labs, Inc.
Texas, United States
Telecommunications,Wireless
Literature citation: 440
28
Texas A&M University Qatar
Qatar
Petroleum engineering,Chemical engineering,Control theory,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 437
29
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.
Tokyo, Japan
Telecommunications,Cloud database,Data center,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 413
30
Deutsche Telekom AG
Bayern, Germany
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 404
31
Instituto De SAlud Carlos Iii De Madrid
Spain
Cancer immunotherapy,Immunotherapy,Monoclonal antibody,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 356
32
Khalifa University
United Arab Emirates
Computer science,Materials science,Chemistry,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 329
33
ATOS SE
Île-de-France, France
Software,Enterprise software,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 316
34
The National Research Council
District of Columbia, United States
Public opinion,Health care,Chemistry,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 316
35
Panasonic Holdings Corp.
Osaka, Japan
Semiconductor,Industrial engineering,Electronics,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 304
36
International Business Machines Corp.
New York, United States
Software,Computer hardware,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 299
37
Alcatel-Lucent S A
Île-de-France, France
Trust network,Software,Telecommunications,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 277
38
Eurescom – European Institute for Research & Strategic
Hessen, Germany
Telecom network
Literature citation: 249
39
ADVA Optical Networking SE
Bayern, Germany
Optical networking,Telecommunications,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 237
40
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.
New York, United States
Semiconductor,Investment company,Electronic component,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 230
41
National Institute of Information & Communications Technology
Tokyo, Japan
Information and Communications Technology,Association (object-oriented programming)
Literature citation: 222
42
China Telecom Corp. Ltd.
Beijing Shi, China
Telecommunications,Internet access,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 219
43
Fujitsu Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
Cloud computing,Enterprise software,Information technology management,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 195
44
Intel Mobile Communications UK Ltd.
California, United States
Software development,Enterprise software,Scalability,
...[+1]
Literature citation: 179
45
Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation
Victoria, Australia
Market research,Phosphatase,Kinase,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 176
46
fondazione bruno kessler
Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Social influence
Literature citation: 171
47
University of Western Macedonia
Kozani, Greece
Computer science,Computer network,Distributed computing,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 167
48
Telenor ASA
Akershus, Norway
Telecommunications,Satellite,Broadcasting,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 150
49
Fokus doo
Croatia
Literature citation: 125
50
China United Network Communications Group Co., Ltd.
Beijing Shi, China
Telecommunications
Literature citation: 102

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