Alliance set to focus on 5G trial specification
BARCELONA, Spain – Korean operators KT and SK Telecom, Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo and U.S. mobile carrier Verizon Wireless formed the 5G Open Trial Specification Alliance targeted at developing an aligned "5G" trial specification designed to serve...
Key partners include Ericsson, Nokia, Verizon and Korean carriers
BARCELONA, Spain – Intel announced partnerships with telecom operators and vendors designed to to pave the way for the deployment of smarter and more efficient "5G" wireless networks. Intel said efforts towards the provisioning of innovative...
Regulators said the three carrier candidates failed to meet minimum requirements
The Republic of Korea's Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning decided not to award a fourth mobile telephony license after evaluating three potential carrier candidates.
According to the authorities, the three telcos under review failed...
KT uses Nokia Flexi Multiradio 10 in its LTE network
South Korean operator KT and equipment provider Nokia recently conducted what the companies say is the industry's first enhanced machine type communications field trial.
The trial was conducted on KT's LTE network using Nokia's Flexi Multiradio...
South Korean telco plans to launch the world’s first pilot of LTE-M technology
South Korea’s largest mobile telephony operator, SK Telecom, ended the second quarter of 2015 with 17.93 million LTE subscribers, climbing 16.6% vs. the year-ago period. LTE subscribers accounted for 62.6% of the...
As the 5G ecosystem starts to take shape, research partnerships continue to be announced among mobile operators, testing companies and research institutions. The latest of those is Keysight Technologies' news this week that it has a memorandum of understanding with Korean operator KT to collaborate...
New service combines LTE and Wi-Fi technologies
South Korean mobile telephony operator KT announced it will commercialize the world’s fastest mobile network, branded GiGA LTE, which combines LTE networks with Wi-Fi connections.
The operator said that the new network service offers a maximum download speed of 1.17...
South Korean government will let new player deploy network infrastructure in phases
The government of South Korea plans to pave the way for the entry of a fourth mobile telephony operator in the country.
The authorities of the Asian nation said that the new operator will be...
Operator speeds up the process to implement its GiGatopia strategy with 5G
South Korean telecom provider KT and France's Alcatel-Lucent have signed a memorandum of understanding under which the companies will collaborate to test technologies for the eventual introduction of 5G mobile networks.
The collaboration will initially...
KT accuses SK Telecom of deceptive marketing
The Korea Times reports that Korean carrier, KT filed a court injunction asking to stop rival SK Telecom advertisements for what KT claims is the first commercialization of a tri-band LTE-Advanced wireless network. Legal representatives for KT are reportedly...
Denmark ranks first in global ICT Development Index
The United Nations' International Telecommunication Union released its annual report on Monday. The ICT Development Index ranks 166 countries on their level of ICT access. South Korea ranked second in the report and almost every country improved their...
Attempts to further global roaming abilities of the TD-LTE standard reportedly are progressing as the Global TD-LTE Initiative claimed that new testing had begun between operators in China, Hong Kong, the United States, Japan, Korea and India. The carriers involved include China Mobile, Clearwire,...
The Korean government wrapped up its most recent spectrum auction, with three carriers securing additional spectrum assets needed to feed ever increasing demand for mobile services.SK Telecom Co. Ltd. (SKM) was the biggest spender coughing up more than $926 million for 20 megahertz of...
The Korea Times | August 11, 2011 | Kim Yoo-chul
KT, the nation’s second-biggest teleco has announced a much-awaited new mobile rate plan in a response to government pressure to cut prices to try and help ease inflation.
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Reuters | May 26, 2011 Â |Â Hyunjoo Jin
(Reuters) - KT Corp , South Korea's top telecom firm, said on Thursday that it and its affiliates aimed to generate nearly half of their revenues from "non-telecom" areas by 2015, up from 27 percent last year.
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Reuters | May 26, 2011 Â |Â Hyunjoo Jin
(Reuters) - KT Corp , South Korea's top telecom firm, said on Thursday that it and its affiliates aimed to generate nearly half of their revenues from "non-telecom" areas by 2015, up from 27 percent last year.
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Juniper Networks | May 10, 2011 | Press Release
Junos® Pulse and Junos Pulse Mobile Security Suite to Provide Secure Access and Protection to KT Mobile Device Users
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 10, 2011 — Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) and KT (NYSE: KT), a prominent South Korean...
Korean telecom operator SK Telecom Corp. Ltd. Co. (SKM) said it earned $521 million during the first quarter of this year on the back of $2.9 billion in total revenues. The earnings were a 35.7% increase compared with the first quarter of 2010, while...
Reuters | April 22, 2011 |Â Hyunjoo Jin
(Reuters) - KT Corp , South Korea's top fixed-line and No.2 mobile company, is in talks to sell its Russian unit New Telephone Company (NTC), its chief executive said on Friday.
"We are in talks to sell the business,"...
The following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:KTKorea: With Oracle to use its integrated suite of Oracle Communications applications and technology for its next-generation Billing, Service Delivery Platform (SDP) and Operational Support Systems (OSS).Value: UndisclosedRostelecomRussia With: Alcatel-Lucent to deploy its End-to-End IP...
Wall Street Journal | March 23, 2011 | Jung-Ah Lee
("UPDATE: KT To Start Selling iPad2 In S Korea From April" at 0526 GMT incorrectly stated that SK Telecom is in talks with Apple in the second paragraph. The correct version follows:)
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Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Co. (SKM) said it will begin offering Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4 beginning March 16. The device will include the same specifications as when it was launched last summer including access to Apple's App Store.SK Telecom said the device would...
Korea Times | March 3, 2011 | Kim Yoo-chul
KT and Samsung Electronics are finding themselves closer, ending more than a year of animosity over KT's decision to introduce Apple's 3G-based iPhone, here.
Sources say the gradual recovery in corporate partnership with the consumer electronics giant...
Korea JoongAng Daily | March 2, 2011
Korea’s antitrust watchdog said yesterday that it has slapped major digital music providers with a combined 18.8 billion won ($16.6 million) in fines for rigging prices of digital music content and online download services.
Loen Entertainment and Mnet Media...
