SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s biggest Internet service provider, on Wednesday highlighted its capability to deliver fifth-generation (5G) mobile network service with a specially rigged bus in central Seoul. The 10-seater bus allows passengers to experience next-generation technologies, such as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), through the 5G [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Android smartphone makers are poised to launch 5G-based models in 2019, but the production volume is only expected to reach 5 million units this year, a report predicted Wednesday. Major smartphone makers, such as Samsung Electronics Co. and Huawei, have actively invested in the development of 5G devices to [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it plans to roll out its first fifth-generation (5G) Galaxy smartphone in the United States within the first half of the year. The global tech giant unveiled the ambitious plan during a press conference on its future vision and key business projects for [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s new assembly line at Suwon, Gyeonggi Province for 5G network communication devices began operation on Thursday, making it the second of its kind following the first assembly line built in Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam. The new assembly line was relocated from Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom, South Korea’s No. 1 mobile operator said Thursday that it will team up with the country’s three terrestrial broadcasters to set up a local online video contents service by June. Park Jung-ho, the president of the telecommunication company, said after signing a memorandum of understanding with the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. succeeded in the first live broadcast of the annual Bosingak bell-ringing event using a 5G commercial network on January 1. The live broadcast was 11 minutes long, featuring the New Year countdown, the bell-ringing event and interviews. It was filmed with a smartphone connected to a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans who switched their mobile carriers reached a 13-year low in 2018 due to weaker subsidy competition, industry data showed Wednesday. The country’s three mobile carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — and budget carriers posted a combined 5.67 million [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is pushing to require all communication facilities to install bypass networks in case of serious disruptions to its operations following a transceiver station fire at the nation’s second-largest mobile carrier KT Corp., officials said Thursday. A set of countermeasures to strengthen communication facility management was drafted by [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — With the active use of mobile phones in North Korea increasing, suggestions have been made that the two Koreas should cooperate to introduce mobile financial services in North Korea and ultimately create a unified Korean Peninsula network. According to the IBK Economic Research Institute on North Korea, there are [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is forecast to have the highest proportion of fifth-generation (5G) smartphone usage in the world over the next couple of years, a market tracker said Sunday. According to Strategy Analytics’ Service Provider Group, the adoption rate of 5G smartphones in South Korea is expected to reach 5.5 [...]