SK Telecom

The telco aims to implement the platform in a smart city trial in Busan South Korea’s largest mobile telephony operator, SK Telecom, has launched an open “Internet of Things” platform …

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 …

Ericsson has 5G pilot networks live in Plano, Texas, and Stockholm and is inviting mobile operators, academics, its eco-systems partners and analysts to come and try them out. Although 5G …

SK Telecom reports 17.44 million LTE subscribers; up 18% since last year South Korea’s largest mobile telephony operator SK Telecom reached 17.44 million subscribers in the LTE segment by the end …

India Indian telecommunications tower firm Indus Towers said it plans to invest approximately $40.7 million to deploy 1,000 towers in Punjab and Haryana states this year. Indus Towers currently has 7,600 telecommunications …

Ericsson and SK Telecom plan 5G demo at 2018 Winter Olympics With commercial availability of 5G cellular networks projected for 2020 – the same year analysts expect there will be …

Telecom Italia modernizing network Telecom Italia has returned to profit for the first time in three years, reports the Financial Times. Net income climbed to $1.5 billion in 2014 after …

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Spain and South Korea top Open Signal report In a new report, crowd-sourced network performance analytics firm Open Signal broke down global LTE download speeds and overall network performance, by …

Kumu Networks in business with Telefonica, SK Telecom on path to 5G BARCELONA, Spain – Kumu Networks, a Bay Area-based company that started as a doctoral project by Stanford University …

SK Telecom announces trio of MoUs tapping into LTE network experience South Korean telecom provider SK Telecom said it has signed memorandum of understandings at this week’s Mobile World Congress …

SK Telecom, Cisco, Spirent join open-source SDN, NFV organizations The move toward a unified approach to telecom network virtualization using software-defined networking and network function virtualization continues to draw interested …

Verizon Wireless, SK Telecom and T-Mobile US visit labs Ericsson and Qualcomm are testing carrier-grade LTE-U technology that aggregates licensed and unlicensed spectrum to provide a data-speed boost for small cell. …

The Linux Foundation’s recently launched Open Platform for NFV Project expanded its membership role as well as announced a director to head up the OPNFV plans to provide a “carrier-grade, …

Nokia, Apple, AT&T and others reported earnings in excess of quarterly projections. In fact, holiday season sales of Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus propelled the company to the biggest …

SK Telecom and Nokia Networks claim first commercialization of EICIC SK Telecom announced Wednesday that it, along with Nokia Networks, has commercialized “enhanced inter-cell interference coordination,” as part of the LTE-Advanced …

SK Telecom ‘world’s first tri-band LTE-A’ ads banned A South Korean court has banned SK Telecom from advertising claims that it has commercialized the first tri-band LTE-Advanced service. The ruling …

SK Telecom and Nokia aim to build 5G technologies SK Telecom and Nokia announced they will work together to develop fifth-generation mobile network technologies. The two companies will research and …

SK Telecom under investigation The Korea Communications Commission said it will probe an alleged illegal subsidy case centering on SK Telecom. The carrier is accused of using illegal subsidies to …

Hutchison Whampoa in talks to acquire Telefónica’s O2 Hutchison Whampoa is reportedly weighing the purchase of Telfónica SA’s United Kingdom unit, O2. Hutchison is reportedly considering paying as much as $13.6 billion for O2. …

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 …

SK Telecom rolls out tri-band LTE-A service SK Telecom claims it has commercialized the first tri-band LTE-Advanced service. The company made the announcement Sunday, noting that the service is in …

Carrier aggregation helps Nokia Networks, Ooredoo Qatar, China Mobile achieve 4.1 Gbps speed China Mobile and Nokia Networks, along with Ooredoo Qatar have announced a new LTE-A speed record with carrier …

SK Telecom raided State prosecutors and the government descended on SK Telecom headquarters Tuesday. Agents raided the company’s headquarters in Seoul, seizing computer hard drives and documents related to the health …

A quick wrap-up of global carrier news. • SK Telecom has developed and commercialized new technology that makes 2G and 3G services possible through the LTE network. Enhancing the stability of 2G/3G …