SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The world’s first combination of the 5G next-generation mobile technology and autonomous driving will be publicly demonstrated in Seoul next month, officials said Wednesday. Indigenously developed self-driving cars operating with 5G will be unveiled to the public during an autonomous driving technology festival in western Seoul on June 22, [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States has stressed to South Korea the security of fifth-generation mobile network equipment, an official at Seoul’s foreign ministry said Thursday, in an apparent move against China’s telecom giant Huawei. A local newspaper reported earlier in the day that the U.S. Department of State has called on [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday that its Galaxy S10 5G went on sale in the United States to run on Verizon’s network in Chicago and Minneapolis, stepping up the rollout of the 5G smartphone in the global market. The South Korean tech giant launched its first 5G smartphone on [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to collaborate in cutting-edge ICT areas, including 5G, artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing, to foster new business opportunities, the companies said Monday. The South Korean telecom and U.S. tech giants signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) last week to combine [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans who have subscribed to 5G service is estimated to hover above the 400,000 mark, industry sources said Sunday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy — the first country in the world to launch full-fledged 5G commercial services on April 5 — is believed to have reached the [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said its V50 ThinQ hit market shelves in South Korea on Friday, with the company hoping its slumping mobile business will rebound with its first 5G smartphone. The LG V50 ThinQ officially went on sale after weeks of delay to ensure its performance under 5G networks [...]
TOKYO, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857) has extended its V93000 system to cost-efficiently test the next generation of 5G-NR radio frequency devices and modules on a single scalable platform. The new V93000 Wave Scale Millimeter solution has the high multi-site parallelism and versatility needed for multi-band [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will create a fund worth 30 billion won (US$26 million) to help nurture immersive content for the super-fast 5G network, the government said Thursday. The fund, to be launched this month, aims to form an early market for immersive content and bolster the competitiveness of local tech [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans who have subscribed to the 5G service hit 260,000, with the country fast moving to better meet consumer demands, the government said Wednesday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy was the first country in the world to launch full-fledged 5G services on April 3. The new communication system provides super [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has sold more than 1 million units of its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S10, in South Korea, with the product becoming the fastest Galaxy device to surpass the mark. The South Korean tech giant said sales of the Galaxy S10 were more [...]