Swedish network vendor Ericsson has deployed a private 5G network at a 40,000 square-meter CJ Logistics warehouse in Icheon City, in South Korea. CJ Logistics is looking to scale the initial deployment, at its Ichiri centre, to 400 warehouse facilities in South Korea, plus...
Network equipment vendor HFR has said it will supply a “converged private 5G and Wi-Fi 6E network” for a new industrial complex “in the metaverse” at the Kyungnam Techno-Park in the coastal city of Changwon in the southeast of South Korea. The Kyungnam/Changwon development...
South Korean tech firm Samsung has announced a tranche of new private 5G deployments in its home country, including with three public sector agencies and two private sector hospitals. All the deployments utilise the newly-liberated 4.7 GHz and 28 GHz bands in South Korea,...
KT hopes the 5G cloud gaming service will encourage more users to subscribe to its 5G network
KT has announced plans to work with cloud gaming specialist Ubitus to bring its gaming service — aptly named 5G Streaming Game — exclusively to its 5G customers...
Working with KDDI, Samsung pushed 1.7 Gbps to train moving 60 mph
With lots of pre-standard 5G attention going toward fixed wireless access as a replacement for fiber-to-the-home or fiber-to-the-premises, Samsung, working with compatriot operator KDDI, is testing out mobility use cases using a pre-standard...
SK Telecom and partners looking to extend the range of 5G wireless links
Korean telco SK Telecom announced that it has developed new relay technologies for 5G networks after its six-month-long collaboration with local partners. The telco said this collaboration is a big step towardsthe...
Facing allegations of 'abuse of market dominance,' Qualcomm calls the fine 'unprecedented and insupportable'
In a Dec. 28 announcement, the Korea Fair Trade Commission, charged with overseeing and regulating competition in South Korea, charged U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm with leveraging its dominant position in the chip...
The new smart city initiative will be located between Seoul and Incheon
Dubai Holding has launched its smart city initiative in Korea, covering an area of 4.7 square kilometers located between the two metropolitan cities of Seoul and Incheon.
Under the multibillion-dollar project, Dubai Holdings and...
5G trial includes technologies including NFV, SDTI cloud and network slicing
SHANGHAI – SK Telecom announced it signed a memorandum of understanding with Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson to cooperate in the development of the 5G core network.
Under terms of the deal, the three parties agreed...
5G trials conducted ahead of 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea
SHANGHAI – Korean telecommunications company KT confirmed "5G" technology will be available during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, which are set to take place in February 2018.
Speaking at this week's Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016...
