SK Telecom, LG Uplus and KT are some of the members of the new O-RAN alliance in South Korea
South Korea recently launched the Open RAN Industry Alliance (ORIA), a national body with the main aim of developing a domestic Open RAN (O-RAN) ecosystem in...
SK Telecom became the third largest shareholder in Persona AI
Korean operator SK Telecom said it acquired a stake in local AI assistant developer Persona AI, with the aim of collaborating on the launch of products designed to improve automated customer service facilities for enterprises.
SK...
Anthropic said it will work with SK Telecom to fine-tune its AI model Claude to specific telco use cases
Korean telco SK Telecom announced an additional investment of $100 million in Anthropic, an AI safety and research company based in San Francisco, California.
This new investment...
SK Telecom said that it is working to lead the early 6G standardization and technology ecosystem through collaboration with diverse overseas partners
Korean telco SK Telecom has released a 6G white paper that focuses on the key requirements for 6G standardization and the telco's views...
The carriers will jointly develop the Telco AI Platform by combining their respective technologies and capabilities
SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, e& and Singtel have formed the Global Telco AI Alliance, with the main aim of creating a new customer experience through the use of AI...
The Korean government said that new operators will be given priority to use spectrum in the 28 GHz band for 5G services
The South Korean government said it aims to provide more incentives to new operators to offer 5G services via spectrum in the 28...
SK Telecom accounted for 47.8% of the total 5G subscribers in Korea
5G subscribers in South Korea reached 30 million as of the end of April, with the addition of 423,000 users during that month, local press reported, citing data from the country’s Ministry of...
SK Telecom plans to increase the scope of its use of microwave bands in the islands off South Korea's coast
Korean carrier SK Telecom unveiled frequency-combining technology using the 11 GHz and 80 GHz spectrum bands with the aim of delivering high-capacity microwave communication to...
During 2022, SK Telecom recorded a net addition of 3.5 million 5G customers
SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest telecom operator, ended the first quarter of the year with a total of 14.14 million subscribers in the 5G segment, up 5.6% from 13.4 million in the...
SK Telecom had been given the right to use the 28 GHz band in 2018 and was required to install a total of 15,000 units of network equipment by May this year
South Korea's ICT ministry canceled a license owned by local carrier SK Telecom...
The Korean government previously said that SK Telecom had to install a total of 15,000 sites for its 28 GHz 5G network by the end of May
Korean operator SK Telecom is likely to give up on its efforts to build a 5G network using...
The supercomputer size has been expanded to 1,040 Nvidia A100 GPUs, for a performance of 17.1 petaflops
South Korea’s SK Telecom (SKT) has doubled the performance of its Titan supercomputer, which was first launched as a beta in May 2022. Titan is the intelligence behind...
KT Corp. already provided 5G coverage in 85 regions across South Korea
Korean operator KT ended 2022 with a total of 8.48 million subscribers in the 5G segment, the telco said in its earnings statement.
In the last quarter of 2022, the KT added around 521,000...
SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest telecom operator, ended the fourth quarter of the year with a total of 13.4 million subscribers in the 5G segment, up from 12.5 million in the previous quarter, the carrier said in its earnings statement.
During last year, SK Telecom...
South Korea had ended 2021 with 20.9 million subscribers in the 5G segment
South Korea ended last year with a total of 28.06 million 5G subscribers, an increase of nearly 600% compared to some 4.6 million in 2019, local press reported.
According to the report, the...
LG Uplus added a total of 1.48 million 5G subscribers during last year
Korean operator LG Uplus ended the fourth quarter of 2022 with 6.11 million 5G subscribers, up 32.11% year-on-year, according to the company’s latest earnings statement.
The telco added a total of 1.48 million...
The new operator will be the only service provider in the 28 GHz band during an initial three-year period in order to be able to secure its market position
The Korean government announced plans to award spectrum in the 28 GHz band to a new...
SK Telecom and Joby Aviation discussed cooperation for participation in Phase 1 of the K-UAM Grand Challenge
Korean carrier SK Telecom and Joby Aviation, a U.S. urban air mobility (UAM) company had talks with the aim of strengthening their cooperation, Korean news service Business Korea...
The event, Destination:ifland, was just the first part of a larger series called The Meta Guide
Singtel and SK Telecom (SKT) held a joint metaverse event where attendees designed digital avatars and then participated in various activities. The experience, called "Destination:ifland", took place at the...
The government of South Korea noted that the decision was made because carriers failed to deploy the 28 GHz radio stations that were required as part of the licensing
The government of South Korea has effectively cancelled the spectrum licenses in the 28 GHz band...
SK Telecom has recently announced the launch of its metaverse platform in 49 countries and regions
South Korea’s largest telco, SK Telecom, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Asian communications technology group, Singtel, to jointly grow their metaverse businesses in some Asian markets,...
The three operators in South Korea had secured frequencies in the 3.5 GHz and 28 GHz bands in 2018
The South Korean government said it will cancel the spectrum licenses in the 28 GHz band that was allocated to local operators for 5G deployments, citing...
NTT DoCoMo and SKT will align their concepts and timelines for the early deployment of 6G
Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo announced an agreement with Korean telecommunications operator SK Telecom (SKT) to collaborate on the enhancement of their respective "smart-life businesses" and as well as communications...
During the first three quarter of the year, SK Telecom recorded a net addition of 2.59 million 5G customers
SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest telecom operator, ended the third quarter of the year with a total of 12.47 million subscribers in the 5G segment, up...
