SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has released upgraded software-defined networking (SDN) solutions to help mobile operators and enterprises better manage their 5G networks. The South Korean tech giant said its new SDN solutions will support enterprises in various sectors, including education, retail and energy, introducing new 5G application, [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, is reviewing measures to share its 3G network with a rival carrier amid declining users on the aging service, a company report showed Thursday. The carrier said in its annual sustainability report that it is considering measures to share its 3G [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean lawmakers decided Tuesday to press forward with legislation that restricts app market operators from wielding their dominance in determining how digital goods payments are processed in a move widely seen as reining in global tech giants such as Google and Apple Inc. Over the past year, multiple [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are more active in using emojis than smartphone users in other countries, a survey showed. Emojis are small pictures used on smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices to convey emotion. Software giant Adobe Inc. recently unveiled a report written on the basis of a survey conducted of [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to unveil its latest foldable smartphones next month with lower price tags compared with its predecessors, industry sources said Saturday. The South Korean tech giant is expected to start sales of the Galaxy Z Fold3 at around 1.99 million won (US$1,744), which is 17 [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean wireless carriers are set to report robust second quarter earnings on the back of a continued growth of 5G network users, according to analysts. The combined operating profits of the country’s three major carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — are projected [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a South Korean telecom giant, said Thursday it has commercialized standalone 5G, becoming the first mobile carrier in the country to deploy the network technology. Although South Korean carriers first commercialized 5G networks in April 2019, they have been available on non-standalone mode, requiring support from 4G [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Thursday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s largest mobile carrier KDDI to find new business applications for 5G network technology and strengthen cooperation to prepare for future 6G networks. Under the agreement, the two aim to [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a South Korean telecom giant, said Tuesday it will make millimeter wave (mmWave) 5G services available at a baseball stadium in a move to step up efforts to commercialize the technology. Although local mobile carriers offer 5G networks on the mid-band spectrum, they have yet to commercialize [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is considering launching the upcoming budget model of the Galaxy S21 smartphone in the United States and Europe only, industry sources said Friday, due to global semiconductor shortages. Samsung is reviewing a plan to release the Galaxy S21 Fan Edition (FE) in the U.S. and Europe [...]