Yet there has been no similar flattening at Samsung, the South Korean vendor that has positioned itself as a third way in countries where Chinese vendors are now restricted. Revenues at the smallish Samsung Networks business fell 27% year-over-year for the first nine months of 2024, to about 2 trillion South Korean won (US$1.4 billion) as 5G work dried up. And the group earnings report out this week shows they were down 20% for the final quarter, to KRW800 billion ($550 million).