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Top 50 Key Players companies in 5G
by Most Literature Citation in the world in 2021

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 2021, 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: 11,788
2
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Sheng, China
Wireless,Software,Mobile device,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 9,187
3
Samsung Co. Ltd.
South Korea
Semiconductor,Communication device,Electronic component
Literature citation: 6,904
4
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
Sweden
Telecommunications,Software,Mobile device,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 6,145
5
Aalborg University Hospital
Denmark
Social science,Public university,Neurotechnology,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 6,018
6
China Mobile Research Institute
Beijing Shi, China
Mobile device
Literature citation: 4,828
7
Intel Corp.
California, United States
Semiconductor,Software,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 4,042
8
Vodafone Group Plc
United Kingdom
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Unified communications,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 3,876
9
Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik HHI
BE, DE
Applied research,Systems design,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 3,434
10
Nokia Oyj
Southern Finland, Finland
Mobile device,Internet of Things,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 2,753
11
NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
Telecommunications,Wireless,Mobile device,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 2,651
12
ZTE Corp.
Guangdong Sheng, China
Telecommunications,Computer hardware,Wireless,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 2,396
13
Nokia Networks
Southern Finland, Finland
Telecommunications equipment,Software,Telecommunications,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 1,818
14
QUALCOMM, Inc.
California, United States
Telecommunications,Wireless,Mobile device,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 1,810
15
Cisco Systems, Inc.
California, United States
Computer hardware,Enterprise software,Internet Protocol,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 1,657
16
Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute
South Korea
Telecommunications,Electronics,Automation,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 1,175
17
Telefónica SA
Madrid, Spain
Telecommunications,Mobile telephony,Web development,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 1,125
18
National Instruments Corp.
Texas, United States
Software,Application software,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 992
19
China Mobile Ltd.
Beijing Shi, China
Telecommunications,Wireless,Roaming,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 847
20
Kyung Hee University System
South Korea
Hangul,University system,Paralegal,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 696
21
Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy
Southern Finland, Finland
Telecommunications,Applied research,Solar cell,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 613
22
Telecom Italia Information Technology SpA
Lombardia, Italy
Telecommunications,Test-driven development,Machine to machine,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 547
23
InterDigital, Inc.
Pennsylvania, United States
Wireless,Mobile technology,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 499
24
AT&T Labs, Inc.
Texas, United States
Telecommunications,Wireless
Literature citation: 466
25
TOSHIBA Corp.
Tokyo, Japan
Semiconductor,Computer hardware,Electronics,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 442
26
Texas A&M University Qatar
Qatar
Petroleum engineering,Chemical engineering,Control theory,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 437
27
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.
Tokyo, Japan
Telecommunications,Cloud database,Data center,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 424
28
Deutsche Telekom AG
Bayern, Germany
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 415
29
Khalifa University
United Arab Emirates
Computer science,Materials science,Chemistry,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 371
30
Instituto De SAlud Carlos Iii De Madrid
Spain
Cancer immunotherapy,Immunotherapy,Monoclonal antibody,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 352
31
ATOS SE
Île-de-France, France
Software,Enterprise software,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 322
32
The National Research Council
District of Columbia, United States
Public opinion,Health care,Chemistry,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 321
33
International Business Machines Corp.
New York, United States
Software,Computer hardware,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 314
34
Panasonic Holdings Corp.
Osaka, Japan
Semiconductor,Industrial engineering,Electronics,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 310
35
Alcatel-Lucent S A
Île-de-France, France
Trust network,Software,Telecommunications,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 277
36
Taif University
Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Chemistry,Inorganic chemistry,Medicine,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 272
37
China Telecom Corp. Ltd.
Beijing Shi, China
Telecommunications,Internet access,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 238
38
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.
New York, United States
Semiconductor,Investment company,Electronic component,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 238
39
Eurescom – European Institute for Research & Strategic
Hessen, Germany
Telecom network
Literature citation: 227
40
Intracom Holdings SA
Greece
Telecommunications,Wireless backhaul,Software,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 219
41
fondazione bruno kessler
Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Social influence
Literature citation: 214
42
National Institute of Information & Communications Technology
Tokyo, Japan
Information and Communications Technology,Association (object-oriented programming)
Literature citation: 212
43
Fujitsu Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
Cloud computing,Enterprise software,Information technology management,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 198
44
Intel Mobile Communications UK Ltd.
California, United States
Software development,Enterprise software,Scalability,
...[+1]
Literature citation: 179
45
University of Western Macedonia
Kozani, Greece
Computer science,Computer network,Distributed computing,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 171
46
ADVA Optical Networking SE
Bayern, Germany
Optical networking,Telecommunications,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 167
47
Telenor ASA
Akershus, Norway
Telecommunications,Satellite,Broadcasting,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 156
48
Fokus doo
Croatia
Literature citation: 133
49
Robert Bosch GmbH
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Automotive engineering,Mechanical engineering,Electronics,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 123
50
Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc.
California, United States
Automation,Photovoltaics,Air conditioning,
...[+2]
Literature citation: 114

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