SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to release its 5G smartphones in more than 40 countries this year, a company official said Wednesday, as the South Korean tech giant seeks to further expand its global presence amid the rise of the next-generation mobile service. Samsung’s 5G smartphones were sold in 22 [...]
Stockholm, Sweden, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Sinch AB (publ), a global leader in cloud communications and software for mobile operators, has been selected by Ericsson to support its worldwide 5G rollout with messaging technology. Sinch’s SMSF (SMS Function), a cloud-native 3GPP-specified messaging product, will be incorporated into the Ericsson core network offering. In 5G, [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday said it will supply 5G network equipment to New Zealand’s largest mobile carrier. Under the deal with Spark New Zealand Ltd., Samsung will supply 5G network equipment and will help the mobile carrier develop its 5G infrastructure this year. The value of the deal, [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Sunday it has formed an international alliance with nine telecommunication firms to develop 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) technologies and services. SK Telecom said Telecom Edge Cloud TF was established with nine other companies at a GSMA meeting in London [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Thursday it has joined hands with Deutsche Telekom AG on 5G radio frequency (RF) repeater solutions. SK Telecom said it will collaborate with Deutsche Telekom to install Korean technology-based 5G RF repeaters in major German cities in the second quarter [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecommunication firm, said Thursday it has signed a partnership with leading companies in the augmented reality (AR) sector to provide better services with its 5G network. LG Uplus said it has joined hands with AR software startup Spatial Systems Inc., mobile AR [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major mobile carriers are beefing up their virtually reality (VR) content and related services, industry insiders said Saturday, as they aim to attract more customers amid their 5G expansion. The three — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — commercialized 5G telecommunication last [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The outbreak of the new coronavirus will likely have a limited impact on South Korea’s 5G network equipment vendors, analyst here said Saturday, since they have little business presence in virus-hit China. As China struggles to contain the spread of the deadly virus, which has killed more than 600 [...]
ASHBURN, Va. and MONTREAL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Two industry leaders with expertise in network planning and design have announced the first phase of a strategic collaboration that will provide a unified solution to deliver seamless indoor and outdoor wireless connectivity. Infovista, the recognized leader in modern network performance, and iBwave Solutions Inc., the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, said Monday it plans to launch a 5G stand-alone service in the first half of the year after a test on its commercial 5G network was successful. Its stand-alone 5G data call using the company’s multi-vendor commercial 5G network in Busan [...]