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 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom Co. rapidly increased the number of its 5G subscribers in May with aggressive marketing for new smartphones, regaining a leading market position in the next-generation mobile network, government data showed Tuesday. SK Telecom’s 5G users numbered 319,976 as of the end of May, gaining 5.7 percentage points [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading mobile phone operator, said Tuesday that it has joined hands with Deutsche Telekom AG to set up a joint venture that will focus on developing core 5G technologies. The telecom leaders of South Korea and Germany signed a memorandum of understanding early this [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday it has sold more than 1 million units of the 5G version of its flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S10, in South Korea, a feat achieved 80 days after its launch. The South Korean tech giant said sales of the Galaxy S10 5G exceeded 1 [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it plans to release its V50 ThinQ in the United States this week with Verizon, its second American telecom partner for the 5G smartphone. The V50 arrived in the U.S. market last month to become Sprint’s first 5G phone and will go on sale [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to release its latest phablet, the Galaxy Note 10, in two sizes for 5G models in August in South Korea, industry sources said Wednesday. Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 will come in two sizes — 6.4 inches for the standard model and 6.8 inches for [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s largest telecom firm, said Tuesday it will invest 500 billion won (US$422 million) by 2023 to develop cloud technologies based on its 5G network to create new business opportunities. KT said it will combine its 5G network and cloud expertise to launch convergence services, including [...]