SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major telecom operator in South Korea, said Friday it has nominated a new chief executive after months of leadership vacuum. The telecom giant’s board of directors nominated Kim Young-shub, former CEO of IT service provider LG CNS Co., as its new leader, KT said in a [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 5 foldable phone and Z Fold 5 will be equipped with a function to inform users about any defective universal subscriber identity module (USIM). LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Monday it has developed this feature in collaboration [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A senior government official on Monday hinted at the possibility of opening the door of the South Korean mobile communications market to a foreign operator as part of its effort to enhance competition. “We will give adequate policy support to a company in accordance with its request. If it [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government said Thursday it will give more incentives to new operators for a high-speed 5G network frequency band in a bid to enhance competition in the local communications market. New operators will be given priority to use 28 gigahertz frequency bands and one of the two [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Monday that it has inked a deal with Kakao Mobility Corp., a mobility subsidiary of South Korea’s tech giant Kakao Corp., to set up a joint venture in a bid to make inroads into the electric vehicle charging station [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. and KT Corp. are accelerating their efforts to expand coverage and improve speed in order to maintain their leadership in 5G mobile network quality and prevent LG Uplus Corp. from taking the lead. Since March, the two telecom operators have been replacing 5G base station equipment [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of smartphone users on 5G mobile networks had topped 30 million as of April for the first time since the service was commercialized in 2019, data showed Tuesday. The total number of 5G users reached 30.02 million in April, accounting for 38.1 percent of the total 78.79 [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Wednesday it has decided to fine the country’s three mobile carriers a combined 33.6 billion won (US$25.4 million) for their misleading advertisements on the speed of the fifth-generation (5G) network services. The move came after SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) —As South Korean companies continue their digital transformation campaigns, cloud services are playing a pivotal role in driving revenue growth within the telecom sector. In the first quarter, cloud services made significant contributions to the revenue growth of SK Telecom and KT, according to industry reports. SK Telecom’s enterprise revenue, [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ICT ministry said Friday that it has canceled the license for the new 28 gigahertz spectrum of high-speed 5G network owned by SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s No. 1 wireless carrier, citing a lack of investment. SK Telecom had been given the right to use the high-speed [...]