SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s number of 5G users reached nearly 10 million as of end-October, ministry data showed Monday. The number of 5G subscribers stood at 9.98 million as of the end of October, up 735,113 from the previous month, according to data from the Ministry of Science and ICT. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The shipment of 5G smartphones in South Korea is projected to top 10 million units this year, a report showed Friday, with a sharp sales increase expected in the current quarter. Sales of smartphones supporting 5G networks here are estimated to reach 10.3 million units this year, more than [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Note 20 Ultra was the world’s bestselling 5G smartphone in September, a report showed Thursday. The high-end model of the Galaxy Note 20 series, which was launched late August, captured a 5 percent share in the global 5G smartphone market in September, according to market [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will launch a new 5G-running budget smartphone in North America this week as it looks to compete for the growing market for the latest generation network there. The K92 5G — LG’s first budget K Series phone to support the high-speed network — [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a South Korean telecom giant, said Tuesday it developed a core network technology that supports both standalone and non-standalone versions of 5G. South Korean 5G users are currently limited to the non-standalone version of the latest generation network, requiring support from the 4G LTE network. KT’s new [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s 5G subscribers exceeded 9 million in September, data showed Monday. The number of 5G subscribers stood at 9.25 million as of the end of September, up 590,643 from the previous month, according to data from the Ministry of Science and ICT. The latest figure accounted for 13.2 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. launched its new iPhone 12 in South Korea on Friday, joining the fierce competition for the local 5G phone market. The country’s 5G phone market has so far been dominated by local tech giants, such as Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., but the newest iPhone [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc.’s new iPhone 12 is expected to boost South Korea’s number of 5G users to over 10 million by the end of this year, local analysts said Thursday, as the country looks to lead the global race to deploy the latest-generation network. The first 5G phone from Apple, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s 5G download speed is the world’s second fastest, reaching an average speed of 336.1 megabits per second (Mbps), a report showed Tuesday. The country was only behind Saudi Arabia, which delivered an average 5G download speed of 377.2 Mbps, according to a report from industry tracker Opensignal, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The average accessibility of the fifth-generation network in major subway lines in South Korea reached over 75 percent, a lawmaker said Monday, as the country races to boost nationwide coverage. The high-speed network’s accessibility stood at 76.3 percent across 12 subways lines in six major cities across the country, [...]