Approximately 520 mobile users in Korea have recently filed a joint lawsuit against the country’s three main mobile operators due to the alleged low quality of 5G mobile services, local news service Yonhap reported.
The legal action argues that mobile carriers SK Telecom, KT and...
South Korea ended May with a total of 15.84 million 5G subscribers, local newspaper Korea Herald reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT.
5G subscribers at the end of May accounted for 22% of the total 71.45 million mobile subscriptions in the...
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT has announced it will award 28 GHz and sub-6 GHz spectrum in November to boost the use of 5G-related services across the country, Korean press reported.
According to the report, the frequencies will be available for mobile operators...
South Korea ended April with a total of 15.15 million 5G subscribers, local news agency Yonhap reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT.
5G subscribers at the end of April accounted for 21.25% of the total 71.27 million mobile subscriptions in the...
South Korea’s mobile operators added a total of 2.61 million 5G subscribers in the first quarter of the year, according to data from the carrier’s earnings statements.
Korean carrier KT added 785,000 5G subscribers in the first quarter.
KT had a total of 4.4 million 5G...
South Korea ended March with a total of 14.48 million 5G subscribers, up from 7 million 5G users in May 2020, local news agency Yonhap reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT.
The total number of 5G subscribers at the end of...
South Korea's three major mobile operators will share their 5G networks in remote coastal and rural towns across the country with the aim of accelerating the rollout of 5G networks, local news agency Yonhap reported.
The three mobile carriers - SK Telecom, KT Corp. and...
AT&T, SK Telecom, Verizon, Vodafone all working with Intel on 5G network transformation
This week Intel touted its 3rd generation Xeon scalable processor and, in a virtual track focused on telco applications and complementary products, carrier executives discussed their work with Intel around virtualization of...
South Korea's ICT ministry said it aims to boost competition in the domestic 5G market through the release of affordable mobile data plans from mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), local news agency Yonhap reported.
According to the report, the country’s ICT ministry said that a...
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Sandro Tavares, Dell Technologies (Ep. 35)
In this episode Dell Technologies' Sandro Tavares, director of telecom systems marketing, looks at the role of hyperscalers in delivering edge computing, discusses MEC-focused work with SK Telecom, and unpacks...
Nearly 1,000 5G smartphone users in South Korea have expressed interest in taking legal action against the country's three major telecom operators -- SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus due to the alleged poor quality of the service, local news agency Yonhap reported, citing...
In 2021, cloud gaming revenue is expected to be over $1 billion for the first time
Bridge Alliance, which is made up of operators and their customers in the Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, announced that two alliance members, SK Telecom and SingTel, have successfully completed the...
Korean operator SK Telecom expects to end 2021 with approximately 9 million 5G subscribers, the company’s CFO Poong Young Yoon, said during a conference call with investors.
The executive said that SK Telecom had 5.48 million 5G subscribers at end-2020.
The telco added a total of...
South Korea ended 2020 with 11.85 million 5G subscribers, local news agency Yonhap reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT.
In December 2020, Korean operators added approximately 900,000 5G subscribers.
The country’s current 5G base accounted for 16.8% of the total 70.5 million...
Teased at Dell Tech World, OneBox MEC targets private networks; companies call out healthcare, retail, construction industries
After teasing a potential collaboration focused on mobile edge computing during Dell Tech World last year, it's now official: Korea's SK Telecom, Dell Technologies and VMware are working...
Dell Technologies and VMware are working with South Korean operator SK Telecom to bundle together private 5G and multi-access edge compute (MEC) to help carriers sell Industry 4.0 to enterprises, and to drive broader digital change. The new solution, called OneBox MEC, will make...
South Korea reached nearly 11 million 5G subscribers as of end-November, local news agency Yonhap reported.
The Asian nation had 10.9 million 5G users last month, accounting for 15.5% of the total 70.5 million mobile subscriptions in the country, according to data compiled by the...
Korean operator SK Telecom announced the launch of "SKT 5GX Edge," which claims to be the first 5G edge cloud service in Korea, built in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Using AWS Wavelength at the edge of its 5G multi-access edge computing (MEC) networks,...
The number of 5G subscribers in South Korea stood at 9.98 million as of the end of October, up 735,113 from the previous month, local press reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT.
According to the reports, 5G subscribers accounted for 14.2%...
Korean carrier SK Telecom announced plans to form a joint venture with German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom (DT) this year with the main goal of developing 5G technology, SK Telecom said in a release.
They will each hold 50% of the joint venture and each...
South Korea's 5G subscribers exceeded 9 million in September, Korean news service Yonhap reported, citing data from the country’s Ministry of Science and ICT.
The number of 5G subscribers stood at 9.25 million as of the end of September, up 590,643 from the previous month,...
Potential product partnership with Dell Technologies and VMware?
South Korea has been and still is a leading mobile market. In the context of 5G, the country's Ministry of Science and ICT said there were 7.86 million 5G users at the end of July with SK...
South Korea reached 8.65 million subscribers in the 5G segment, according to data released by the Ministry of Science and ICT.
The number of 5G subscribers represents an increase of 10.2% compared to the previous month, resulting in the fastest monthly gain since August of...
Korean telecommunications operators SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus have ordered 28 GHz 5G base stations from compatriot company Samsung Electronics for the first time, Korean press reported.
According to the reports, these are the same base stations that U.S. carrier Verizon recently ordered from...
