SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom operators are launching new online entertainment services from cloud gaming to augmented reality (AR), industry insiders said Thursday, opening new fronts for 5G user growth amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As the coronavirus outbreak limits outdoor activities, online content consumption has boomed. Telecom operators are banking on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecom firm, said Tuesday it will launch augmented reality (AR) glasses in partnership with Chinese mixed-reality product developer Nreal and chipmaker Qualcomm Inc., boosting its 5G services by tapping into the budding wearable AR market. The world’s first 5G-based glass device available [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of subscribers to 5G mobile networks topped 7 million in June, after the country began to offer the fastest mobile service in April last year, data showed on Monday. The country had 7.37 million 5G users as of June, up 493,101 from the previous month, according to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The 5G network services in South Korea have been poorer than expected, with their download speeds and connection far lower than what telecom operators have claimed, an assessment report showed Wednesday. South Korea was the first country to commercialize 5G in April last year, boasting of low latency and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday it has partnered with the country’s top delivery operator Woowa Brothers Corp. to develop a robot delivery service using 5G technology. The two companies signed an agreement to introduce SK Telecom’s 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) technology into Woowa [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is likely to expand its presence in the global network equipment market this year but will remain in a distant fourth as Chinese and European players continue their dominance, a report showed Tuesday. Samsung was estimated to take a 8.5 percent share in the global mobile [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid the escalation of U.S.-China tension, LG Uplus Corp., one of South Korea’s largest mobile operators, found itself in a perplexing situation as a high-ranking U.S. official publicly called for the company to sever ties with China’s biggest telecommunications equipment maker, Huawei. Robert Strayer, deputy assistant secretary of state [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major telecom operators said Thursday that they completed establishment of 5G networks on nine subway lines across the country as they look to accelerate the rollout of the latest generation network amid the government’s digital New Deal drive. SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s new phablet, the Galaxy Note 20, may be its cheapest 5G flagship mobile device in recent years, industry sources here said Thursday, as the company tries to boost handset sales amid the pandemic. According to the sources, Samsung could release the Galaxy Note 20 with a [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled the 5G variant of its Galaxy Z Flip foldable smartphone ahead of its main launch event next month. The latest device — launched Wednesday night — is a 5G-capable model of the Galaxy Z Flip, Samsung’s vertically bending phone that was first introduced in [...]