Korean carrier SK Telecom said it expects to target clients in the corporate segment once it expands its 5G network later this year with standalone architecture, local newspaper Korea JoongAng Daily reported.
According to the report, SK Telecom aims to launch its 5G SA network...
Korean carrier KT has announced plans to build 5G test facilities nationwide as part of the government’s initiative to support companies developing new services using 5G technology, Korean press reported.
The KRW 28.5 billion (US$24.2 million) project is expected to be completed by 2023 and...
SK Telecom hopes to secure 100,000 users on the cloud gaming service by the end of this year
The cloud gaming platform born from a collaboration between SK Telecom and Microsoft has officially launched. SK's cloud gaming service, called 5GX Cloud Game service, is powered...
Korean carrier SK Telecom and compatriot company Samsung Electronics announced that they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Intel for cooperation in the commercialization of an evolved 5G network functions virtualization platform.
Under the terms of the agreement, the...
South Korea's three mobile operators and the government launched a task force with the main aim of helping expand 5G coverage into rural areas of the country, local news agency Yonhap reported.
The task force has the main goal of allowing roaming network sharing among...
Korean carrier KT expressed confidence in achieving the target of closing 2020 with 3.5 million 5G subscribers.
On an earnings call, CFO Yoon Kyung-keun said that the 5G subscribers goal would be achieved due to the launch of new 5G-enabled devices including the Galaxy Note...
5G networks in South Korea are currently showing poorer results than initially expected, with their download speeds and connection far lower than what telecom operators have initially claimed, Korean press reported, citing an assessment report carried out by the government.
South Korea was the first...
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...
