SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Friday it will phase out its 2G services by the end of June, a move that would mark the complete termination of the country’s aging network. The carrier said it has applied to end its 2G operations with the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carriers are seeking to boost their growing user base on the latest 5G network with the launch of Samsung Electronics Co.’s new flagship Galaxy S21 smartphones. The Galaxy S21 series started taking preorders Friday from Samsung and the country’s three major carriers — SK Telecom Co., [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carriers are taking membership benefits online as the coronavirus is resulting in higher consumption in the contact-free market. SK Telecom Co., for one, is introducing various membership benefits to T Membership, the company’s online membership platform, for a series of contact-free modes of consumption including online [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carriers are launching cheap payment plans to woo more 5G subscribers amid accelerating user migration to their high-speed 5G networks. LG Uplus Corp. said Tuesday it will release a new monthly data plan, offering 6 gigabytes of data at 5G speeds for 47,000 won (US$43), following [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carriers are expected to report improved earnings for the final quarter of 2020 on the back of steady growth in 5G users, analysts said Monday. The combined operating profits of the country’s three major telecom operators — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea racked up nearly 11 million users on fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks as of end-November, data showed Thursday. The country had 10.9 million 5G users last month, accounting for 15.5 percent of the total 70.5 million mobile subscriptions, according to data compiled by the Ministry of Science and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s 5G download speed and overall quality improved in the second half of the year from the first half as the country races to deploy nationwide coverage of the latest generation network, a report showed Wednesday. The average download speed on the high-speed network from the country’s three [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless provider, said Thursday it has partnered with Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) to launch the country’s first 5G edge cloud service. The business-targeted service, named SKT 5GX Edge, provides users ultra-low latency for data-intensive services by connecting to AWS Wavelength Zones installed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Wednesday it has introduced mobile edge computing (MEC) technology at Incheon International Airport to operate an artificial intelligence (AI) system that screens potential COVID-19 patients in a move to step up preventative measures against the pandemic. The Ministry of Science and ICT said the system will [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Tuesday it has partnered with Samsung Electronics Co. and Kakao Corp., the country’s top mobile messenger operator, to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) platform to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The telecom operator said the three companies formed a joint [...]