SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The battle for 5G leadership is heating up among South Korean mobile carriers ahead of MWC Barcelona, the world’s largest mobile trade show set to opens its doors later this month. Following the launch of 5G services for enterprises in December, South Korean telecommunications companies have been jacking up [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. introduced a smart office based on the 5G network Wednesday, showcasing how the latest ICT technology can empower digital workplaces and enhance productivity. The nation’s top mobile carrier last month opened the smart office in a new skyscraper in downtown Seoul, which adopted cutting-edge technologies, including [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 200 billion won (US$178.2 million) worth of membership points by South Korea’s three mobile carriers went unused and expired over the past six years, a report by Ministry of Science and ICT showed Thursday. A total of 190.5 billion won worth of reward points offered by SK Telecom [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s largest broadband service provider, said Thursday it will expand its overseas network capacity to deal with a sharp rise in traffic caused by U.S. video streaming giant Netflix. KT joined its local peers in increasing its network capacity abroad to counter a growing number of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Nine out of 10 South Koreans use a smartphone, marking the highest level of smartphone ownership in the world, a recent report showed. Ninety-five percent of the South Korean population used a smartphone last year, the highest rate among 27 countries surveyed, according to the report released by the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carriers are gearing up for the Lunar New Year holiday when data usage spikes along highways, airports and shopping malls, company officials said Saturday. People travel long distances during the holiday season to visit their hometowns, causing heavy traffic jams. Some travel abroad or make trips [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Wednesday it will partner with Grab, Southeast Asia’s largest ride-hailing app, to provide real-time navigation services based on big data. SK Telecom and Grab signed an agreement to establish a joint venture, Grab Geo Holdings, in charge of developing advanced [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Monday it will work with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to develop core technologies for the sixth-generation (6G) wireless network. The Korean electronics maker opened a 6G research lab at KAIST in Daejeon, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, making a preemptive [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea started providing free wireless Internet on small highway rest stops across the nation Friday in a bid to reduce people’s phone bills. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Korea Expressway Corp. said free WiFi zones were set up at 248 rest areas for drowsy [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will unveil its new smartphone based on the 5G network with a longer battery life and better cooling mechanism during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Spain. The Korean electronics maker will host a media event in Barcelona on Feb. 24 that is [...]