SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading mobile phone operator, said Tuesday that it has joined hands with Deutsche Telekom AG to set up a joint venture that will focus on developing core 5G technologies. The telecom leaders of South Korea and Germany signed a memorandum of understanding early this [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday they have agreed to work together to upgrade the performance of the commercial 5G network and develop technologies related to 6G. Samsung, which provides end-to-end 5G solutions ranging from modems and chipsets to smartphones, has been providing its equipment to [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. said Sunday it has agreed with two European telecom equipment makers to work together to upgrade the performance of the commercial 5G network and develop technologies related to 6G. South Korea’s leading mobile carrier signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with Finnish firm Nokia on Wednesday and [...]
BUSAN, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom Co., jointly with Busan’s Silla University, the 53rd Infantry Division of the ROK Army, and Hanbit Drone Inc., a drone solution firm, tested a newly developed system to counter illegal drones on Thursday. SK Telecom explained that it is South Korea’s first system ever created to detect, identify, track, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday it will assess potential impacts of fifth-generation (5G) networks on military operations in the face of mounting worries over related security challenges. Concerns have arisen that 5G networks could jam military communications and radar operations, particularly after the government announced its [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The total number of people who have subscribed to 5G wireless networks in South Korea has topped the 1 million mark as the country steadily expands its coverage infrastructure, the government said Wednesday. Subscriber numbers reached the milestone on Monday, 69 days after Asia’s fourth largest economy became the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Huawei crisis is having an impact on the heads of South Korea’s top three mobile carriers – SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. – as they have decided not to participate in the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai 2019 scheduled for June 25 to 27. [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of subscribers to the 5G mobile network service in South Korea is estimated to top the 1 million mark this week, driven by strong demand for the latest gadgets and aggressive promotions, industry sources said Sunday. South Korea was the first country in the world to launch [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A senior official at South Korea’s presidential office cautioned people here Friday against being excessively concerned about the impact of the possible involvement of Huawei, a Chinese telecom giant, in the country’s 5G network. “There’s no impact from the 5G (use) to the defense security of South Korea and [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 carrier, said Friday it will invest 10 billion won (US$8.4 million) to create a wide range of augmented reality (AR) content based on its 5G network to attract more premium service users. As 5G networks can handle heavy data volume with little [...]