South Korea’s three major mobile operators aim to share 5G base stations in smaller administrative districts across the country to save costs and improve coverage, Korean press reported, citing government and industry sources.
SK Telecom, KT, and LG Plus will set up a consultative body...
Korean mobile operators SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus have agreed to invest a total of KRW 25.7 trillion ($22 billion) through 2022 to boost 5G infrastructure across the country, local press reported.
The carriers announced this investment following a meeting with Science and ICT...
A closer look at some more recent advances in blockchain adoption made by CSPs
Blockchain, a technology that establishes a shared, immutable record of transactions within a network, has been on the radar of communication service providers (CSPs) for some time now, and according to...
South Korea’s telecommunications operators have launched new smart factory solutions with the aim of helping manufacturers overcome the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Korean news service Yonhap reported.
SK Telecom, the country’s largest mobile operator, released a subscription-based smart factory solution for small...
Korean operators launched 5G in April 2019
South Korea ended May with almost 6.9 million subscribers in the 5G segment, Korean press reported citing official data.
The number of 5G customers in the Asian nation increased by 536,997 in May compared to the previous month, exceeding...
LG Uplus emerged as the leading operator in South Korea in terms of 5G download rates, according to a report by Opensignal.
LG Uplus recorded an average of 237.2 Mb/s compared with 220.4 Mb/s at SK Telecom (SKT) and 214.8 Mb/s for KT.
“While users on...
South Korean carrier LG Uplus completed tests of core technologies supporting voice service running on a standalone (SA) 5G network as the carrier expects to launch 5G based on SA architecture later this year.
In a statement, the operator said the tests verified the performance...
The number of 5G subscribers in South Korea reached 6.34 million at the end of April, a year after local carriers had commercially launched this technology, Korean press reported, citing government data.
This figure represents an increase of 7.8% compared to the previous month, according...
Qualcomm has launched a certification programme for combining augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) devices and Snapdragon-based 5G smartphones. The programme will approve tethered AR and VR devices for use by enterprises, as well as consumers, within 12 months, it said.
At the same...
SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest telecom operator, ended the first quarter of the year with a total of 2.65 million subscribers in the 5G segment, the carrier said in its earnings statement.
At the end of last year, the telco had a total of 2.22...
Korea’s main telecom operators expect to commercialize an ultrafast mmWave 5G network this year, The Korea Herald reported, citing industry sources.
According to the report, the mmWave 5G service will be initially available for the business-to-business segment. Operators have not yet finalized investment plans for...
South Korea reached 5.77 million 5G subscribers at the beginning of April, Korean press reported, citing data from the country’s Ministry of Science and ICT.
According to this figure, Korea reached a 5G penetration of 9.67%, representing the highest penetration rate around the globe. In...
Tests of the AI semiconductor will be conducted at SK Telecom's data centers
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT announced this week that SK Telecom and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor based on neural network...
Korean carrier SK Telecom ended January with a total of 2.2 million subscribers in the 5G segment, according to the Korean Ministry of Science and ICT.
This figure represented a market share of 44.7% in the 5G segment.
SK Telecom said it has increased customers’ 5G...
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT said that the country's three major telecom carriers, SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus, have agreed to invest KRW 4 trillion ($3.4 billion) in their 5G networks during the first half of this year, The Korea Times...
South Korean mobile operator SK Telecom expects to reach 6-7 million subscribers in the 5G segment by the end of 2020, the company’s CFO, Poong-Young Yoon, said durin a conference call with investors.
At the end of last year, the operator reached 2.08 million 5G...
South Korea ended November 2019 with 4.35 million subscribers in the 5G segment, but demand for the technology is currently experiencing a deceleration period, Korean press reported, citing government data.
After an initial accelerated demand for 5G, subscriber growth rates fell to 9.3% on a...
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Ericsson asks what...
SK Telecom: '5G cloud gaming will shift the paradigm in the video game industry'
In September, SK Telecom was named Microsoft’s “exclusive operating partner” for its cloud gaming service, xCloud, in Korea, which established a partnership to deliver the streaming service to South Korea over...
SK Telecom tested SA 5G transmission on a multi-vendor network
SK Telecom expects to start offering standalone (SA) 5G services in Korea in the first half of 2020, the telco said in a statement.
The carrier said it successfully accomplished what it claims to be the...
South Korea was the first country to commercially launch a nationwide 5G network in April 2019, a feat made possible when all three of the mobile network operators in the country simultaneously switched on 5G. As we approach the first anniversary of that milestone...
SK Telecom seeks shift from telco to ICT company
After announcing plans for a U.S.-based broadcasting joint venture at last year's Consumer Electronics Show, SK Telecom and Sinclair Broadcast Group have officially launched the new business. Cast.era, based in Arlington, Virginia, will focus on cloud...
Korean telco SK Telecom announced the launch of the ‘Global MEC Task Force’ with Bridge Alliance member operators, including Singtel, Globe, Taiwan Mobile and PCCW Global, for cooperation in 5G mobile edge computing (MEC).
Under this new partnership, SK Telecom will share its lessons-learned in...
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Small cells: They're...
