SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Wednesday it will develop smart ports using 5G network services by partnering with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the Busan Port Terminal Corp. Under the memorandum of understanding signed between the three parties, they will develop a test [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. said Wednesday it will launch its new smartphone, the iPhone 12, in South Korea later this month as the U.S. tech giant aims to attract more consumers here with its first 5G-supporting handset. Apple on Tuesday (local time) unveiled four models of the iPhone 12 series — [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s mobile subscriptions topped 70 million in August thanks to a pickup in 5G users, data showed Monday. As of August, the country had 70 million mobile accounts, up 201,119 from the previous month, according to data from the ICT ministry. South Korea has a population of 51.8 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite about two years having passed since South Korea’s top three mobile carriers launched 5G networks, there are still a number of metropolitan cities and provinces that don’t have any 5G indoor base stations at all. According to data that the Ministry of Science and ICT presented to Rep. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has joined forces with Microsoft Corp. to provide cloud-based private 5G network solutions as the South Korean tech giant tries to expand its presence in the next-generation communications sector. Samsung will deploy its virtualized radio access network (RAN), virtualized core, and multi-access edge [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. is expected to launch its new iPhone 12 series in South Korea earlier than its usual schedule, sources said Monday, as the U.S. tech titan targets to attract more 5G users here. According to officials at local telecom operators, they are preparing to sell the iPhone 12 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile network provider, said Wednesday it aims to commercialize its 5G network on the 28-gigahertz (GHz) band by the end of this year, targeting businesses with faster network speeds. Local telecom operators currently offer 5G on the 3.5-GHz band since commercializing the network [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has successfully verified an advanced 5G technology with Japanese telecom operator KDDI Corp. as the South Korean tech titan tries to expand its presence in next-generation wireless solutions. Samsung and KDDI joined hands to demonstrate 5G network slicing technology in Tokyo with the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean mobile carrier, said Sunday it is joining forces with Google to jointly develop 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) technology. Under the partnership, LG Uplus will work with Google Cloud, which will provide its artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies, to develop new [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean mobile carrier, said Friday it plans to roll out its 5G-powered autonomous robot next year. The robot — which is being developed in partnership with autonomous mobility firm Unmanned Solution — has recently demonstrated its abilities at local refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co.’s [...]