SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) –- SK Telecom Co. (SKT), South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Monday it has formed an international task force with five Asian telecommunication firms to develop 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) technologies and services. Led by SKT, Global MEC TF will be comprised of Hong Kong’s PCCW Global Ltd. and [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. is ready to work with various partners in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), the CEO of South Korea’s top mobile carrier said Wednesday, as he urged other South Korean players to join hands to lead the advanced technology. SK Telecom CEO Park Jung-ho said [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has started offering super high-speed internet service for the entire country that will allow universal, convenient access to online data, the government said Sunday. “High-speed internet has been designated as a universal service that everyone is entitled to receive no matter where they are,” the Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Vietnam is the country with the largest number of international roaming users for mobile phones at the end of this year. KT Corp., one of South Korea’s leading telecommunications firm, said Vietnam was the country that had the largest number of users of its voice call roaming service “ON” [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The average download speed via 4G LTE networks in South Korea got faster this year, the country’s ICT ministry said Monday, with SK Telecom Co. offering the fastest data transmission speed. The average 4G LTE download speed in South Korea reached 158.53 megabits per second (Mbps) in 2019, up [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — An institutional foundation has been prepared for the use of low-cost and ultra-high-speed 60 GHz band wireless backhaul. To that end, Internet data can be transmitted wirelessly using unlicensed spectrum. Backhaul refers to a base station that connects the edge network and backbone network, which is the top network. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese telecommunications behemoth Huawei Technologies Co. on Friday vowed to beef up its business in South Korea by increasing the purchase of parts for its network equipment and smartphones amid continued U.S. sanctions. Karl Song Kai, head of Huawei’s global media and communications, said Huawei also plans to increase [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s leading telecommunication firm, said Friday it will start a 5G game streaming service on a subscription basis after partnering with a Taiwan-based cloud gaming solutions provider. KT said its service allows users to play high-end PC and console video games stored on remote servers via [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s leading telecommunication service provider, said Tuesday it has signed a strategic partnership with the world’s top 360-degree camera maker to offer better 5G-based video communication service. Under the agreement with Insta360, KT said its Real 360 service, which allows users to chat with others in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The merger between South Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. and cable and budget phone operator CJ Hello Co. received final approval from the government Sunday in a development that could lead to more investment and growth in the local telecom and broadcasting sector. The conditional permission follows a [...]