SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ICT ministry said Wednesday it will start providing 5G-speed Wi-Fi services inside subway trains on major lines in Seoul by the end of this year in a move to improve network services. The ICT ministry said it plans to make 5G network services on the 28-gigahertz (GHz) [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has signed a deal with Japan’s largest mobile operator NTT Docomo Inc. to provide 5G network solutions as the South Korean tech giant tries to further expands its presence in the 5G infrastructure market. Samsung said it will support Docomo with its advanced [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has the most advanced 5G network in the world after using the Winter Olympics to showcase its edge and is set to roll out commercial services later this month, a London-based market researcher said Wednesday. According to Arthur D. Little’s 5G country leadership index on over 40 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp. said Wednesday it has partnered with the U.S. chip giant Intel Corp. to develop an ecosystem for high-end fifth-generation (5G) technology. South Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier will cooperate in delivering innovative solutions for 5G with a foundation of Intel architecture, according to the company’s press release. [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tech ministry is in the process of setting details of the upcoming auction for spectrum supporting the high-end fifth-generation (5G) network, industry watchers said Sunday. The Ministry of Science and ICT plans to complete its review in the near future and hold a public hearing next month, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — From 5G networks and virtual reality to live 4K broadcasts, cutting-edge technology has become a mainstay of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Games last Friday was a monumental showcase of 5G mobile technology, starting from a carefully orchestrated eye-opening drone show to a giant [...]
HWASEONG, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea successfully demonstrated 5G cooperative driving technology for autonomous vehicles at K-City in Hwaseong on Monday, along with the latest road safety technology that prevents accidents in inclement weather and blind spots. It’s the first time in the world that cooperative driving has been trialed as part of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will offer telecom providers discounted prices for the use of 5G frequency bands in a move to encourage data plan price cuts. The Ministry of Science and Technology announced plans on Sunday to push through with reforms to the radio waves act, laying the legal groundwork for incentives [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Infrastructure investment in 5G networks is expected to intensify in South Korea this year, with major telecom providers expected to commercialize the advanced networks in 2019. According to the Ministry of Science and ICT and sources close to the mobile industry, the government and the three major South Korean mobile [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday it has developed data processing technology for the fifth-generation (5G) network that is capable of handling data 10 times faster than the long-term evolution (LTE) network. The mobile carrier said the technology allows a packet switched network to process massive amounts of data at [...]