SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics announced it will debut its private 5G network technology at the Korea Radiocommunication Show (KRS), a three-day event beginning November 20 at COEX in Seoul’s Gangnam district. Private 5G is a customized network solution designed for specific spaces such as smart factories and logistics centers. The technology utilizes [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent analysis has revealed that South Korean mobile carriers are charging more for LTE (4G) phone plans than for 5G plans, despite offering less data and slower speeds. This pricing strategy has raised concerns about fairness and potential overcharging of consumers. Rep. Choi Su-jin of the People Power Party, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean telecom giant KT Corporation has announced a breakthrough in corporate networking technology with its new “lightweight 5G business network” solution. The company revealed on August 15 that this innovation aims to alleviate the burden of infrastructure construction for businesses and public institutions. The 5G business network service is [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – As the growth of budget mobile carriers persists in South Korea, SK Telecom, the nation’s largest mobile operator, has continued to lose overall market share. However, a new report shows the company still commands a significant portion of 5G subscriptions. According to a report evaluating the competitiveness of South Korea’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT will kick off the bidding process for the 28 gigahertz spectrum Thursday, aimed at establishing the country’s fourth official mobile carrier. Three companies — Sejong Telecom Inc., Stage X Co. and My Mobile Consortium — will participate in the auction for the [...]
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. [...]
DAEJEON, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute announced on Wednesday that it had succeeded in demonstrating an ultra-high speed 5G mobile communications service on a normally operating bus, offering speeds about seven times faster than existing services. To upgrade the quality and speed of bus WiFi, the research team developed [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday that it has been chosen as the provider of up-to-date 5G solutions by the Japanese telecommunications operator KDDI Corp. Under the deal, Samsung will provide KDDI with 5G standalone (SA) core solutions, regarded as the heart of a 5G network in delivering essential network [...]