BUSAN, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Port of Busan will introduce the world’s first remote control system for loading equipment using 5G networks. The Busan Port Authority announced on Thursday that it plans to develop a system that remotely controls the rubber tired gantry cranes located in the North Port using artificial intelligence and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Note 10 will be only available in 5G models in South Korea, despite the government’s pressure to add a long-term evolution (LTE) network version to expand options for local consumers, industry sources said Thursday. The Korean tech giant last week launched the Note 10 only [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. said Thursday it has attracted over 1 million 5G subscribers in the first 140 days of launching the fastest and low-latency network, becoming the world’s first carrier to achieve the milestone. The nation’s leading telco said the number of 5G users rose more than twice as [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to launch an integrated 5G chipset later this year to power upcoming 5G smartphones while decreasing size and power consumption, industry officials said Tuesday. Samsung, the world’s largest chip and smartphone maker, has been working on a mobile processor with a 5G modem built inside, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The three major mobile carriers in South Korea are scrambling to install indoor telecommunications equipment to enable the use of 5G networks in buildings later this year. Since becoming the world’s first to successfully commercialize 5G services, the three mobile carriers have been focusing on expanding the network to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of 5G subscribers in South Korea surpassed the 2 million mark four months after the commercial launch of the ultrafast network, industry data showed Thursday. Users of 5G mobile plans by three carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — reached 2.01 million [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has proposed that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) adopt its 5G technologies as global standards, the country’s science ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Science and ICT said it has asked for some of the wireless connection and broadband technologies used in the country’s 5G service to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday it began the world’s first 5G roaming service in Switzerland in a partnership with a local carrier. Samsung Galaxy S10 users with SK Telecom’s 5G plan will be able to connect to Swisscom’s 5G network when they visit Switzerland after [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The world’s first commercial 5G services are expanding their presence in South Korea, with the number of users of the faster mobile networks rising at an eye-popping pace since their launch in April. But local carriers face the daunting task of improving service quality to meet the high expectations [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp. said Tuesday it will release a cloud-based virtual reality (VR) gaming service later this year, taking advantage of its low-latency 5G network. The nation’s No. 3 mobile carrier said it will launch a wide range of VR games for head-mounted displays connected to its 5G network [...]