SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, said Wednesday it launched a cloud gaming service in partnership with Microsoft Corp., joining other telecom operators to compete for the growing local cloud gaming market. The mobile carrier’s 5GX Cloud Game service is powered by Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carriers are racing to develop digital health care services, industry officials said Monday, as demand for remote personalized services grows amid the pandemic. The country’s three major carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp., and LG Uplus Corp. — have recently joined hands with local health [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, said Thursday it has joined hands with global partners for commercialization of the 5G virtual network. Under the partnership with Samsung Electronics Co., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (HPE) and Intel Corp., SK Telecom will take part in the 5G network virtualization [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, said Tuesday it has developed an advanced cellular module technology with global partners that does not require Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards in mobile devices. In collaboration with cellular chipset developer Sony Semiconductor Israel, local communication module maker NTmore, and German [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’ leading tech firm, on Monday said it will supply network equipment to U.S. telecommunications giant Verizon for 7.89 trillion won (US$6.6 billion). Samsung said it will supply network solutions, including 5G, for the next five years until Dec. 2025. Samsung’s latest contract with Verizon [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom operators are expanding collaborations to develop robot-based services that counter the COVID-19 pandemic, industry officials said Thursday, as businesses and establishments seek to limit face-to-face contact to reduce the risk of infection. LG Uplus Corp., the country’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said it has partnered with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Tuesday it has formed an alliance with global telecom operators, content developers and U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies Inc. to develop 5G-based augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) content to boost the budding industry. The Global XR Content Telco [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s 5G users reached nearly 8 million in July after the country first offered the service in April last year, government data showed Tuesday. As of July, the country had 7.86 million 5G users, up 487,190 from the previous month, according to data compiled by the Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Monday it has signed a deal to supply 5G-based augmented reality (AR) content to Japanese carrier KDDI Corp. Under the deal, LG Uplus will supply its educational service of around 220 children’s books in AR format to KDDI. The [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major telecom operators are strengthening video streaming services, industry officials said Friday, as online media consumption grows amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The telecom firms — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — have focused on boosting their over-the-top (OTT) media services or expanding [...]