SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. signed a deal Wednesday with local partners to develop 6G telecommunication technologies, the company said. South Korea’s No. 2 tech firm partnered with the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to develop technologies for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Wednesday it launched a subscription-based game streaming service, joining other telecom operators to capture the local cloud game market. The service, named GameBox, streams PC and console games on smartphones using cloud technology and offers around 100 games at launch, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecom firm, said Tuesday it will launch augmented reality (AR) glasses in partnership with Chinese mixed-reality product developer Nreal and chipmaker Qualcomm Inc., boosting its 5G services by tapping into the budding wearable AR market. The world’s first 5G-based glass device available [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. plans to hold an event to celebrate Samsung Electronics Co.’s new phablet Galaxy Note 20 debut via a ‘drive-thru’ service. On Thursday morning, a day before the Galaxy Note 20’s official pre-order opening, a preliminary event will be held at Bitplex [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of subscribers to 5G mobile networks topped 7 million in June, after the country began to offer the fastest mobile service in April last year, data showed on Monday. The country had 7.37 million 5G users as of June, up 493,101 from the previous month, according to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom giant KT Corp. said Friday its second-quarter net income rose 2.2 percent from the previous year on the back of reduced costs amid the pandemic and growing demand for its non-mobile services. Net income reached 207.6 billion won (US$174.7 million) in the April-June period, compared with [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Friday its 5G equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies Co. does not pose security risks, downplaying U.S. concerns that they can be used for espionage by China. Last month, Robert Strayer, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for cyber [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, said Thursday its second-quarter net income jumped 66.8 percent from a year earlier due to increased equity gains and improved mobile business. Net income reached 432.2 billion won (US$365.1 million) in the April-June period, compared with 259.1 billion won the previous [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The 5G network services in South Korea have been poorer than expected, with their download speeds and connection far lower than what telecom operators have claimed, an assessment report showed Wednesday. South Korea was the first country to commercialize 5G in April last year, boasting of low latency and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Co. said Wednesday it will launch Microsoft’s Xbox cloud game service here next month. South Korea will be the only Asian country for the xCloud service’s global launch across 22 countries on Sept. 15, according to SK Telecom. The game streaming service allows [...]