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 [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s leading tech firm, is expected to rank third in terms of 5G smartphone production this year, a report showed Wednesday. Samsung’s 5G smartphone production for the year is estimated at 29 million units, placing the company in third place globally, according to market researcher [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading telecom operator SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday it has partnered with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to export its 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) technology. The carrier signed an agreement to form a consortium with the Asia Pacific and South Korea units of HPE to provide the [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Korean 5G handset users are making a u-turn back to the preceding 4G long-term evolution (LTE) plans, in part to save money but also due to a lack of new LTE handsets. In principle, this is a consumer’s right – they are free to [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major telecom operators are lending hands to the country’s digital New Deal stimulus projects by expanding their investment in public infrastructure. Early this week, the country announced a set of ambitious stimulus measures amounting to 160 trillion won (US$132 billion). Under the digital New Deal initiative, 58.2 [...]