SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 1 mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday it will launch a virtual reality (VR) racing game for 5G smartphones in the first half of this year. SK Telecom said it has signed a licensing agreement with the nation’s leading game developer, Nexon Co., to use [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The battle for 5G leadership is heating up among South Korean mobile carriers ahead of MWC Barcelona, the world’s largest mobile trade show set to opens its doors later this month. Following the launch of 5G services for enterprises in December, South Korean telecommunications companies have been jacking up [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Corp., South Korea’s dominant Internet portal and search engine, said Friday that it plans to support streaming of 4K content on mobile platforms following the launch of fifth-generation (5G) mobile network service next month. “We will be able to support high-resolution livestreaming service as the lag time will [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. introduced a smart office based on the 5G network Wednesday, showcasing how the latest ICT technology can empower digital workplaces and enhance productivity. The nation’s top mobile carrier last month opened the smart office in a new skyscraper in downtown Seoul, which adopted cutting-edge technologies, including [...]
TOKYO, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR), an industry leader in automated, scalable and secure networks, today announced that BroadBand Tower, one of Japan’s largest data center providers, has selected Juniper Network’s high-performing solutions to power its ‘Next-Gen 5G data center’ situated in the central Tokyo district of Otemachi, which will support the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will unveil its new smartphone based on the 5G network with a longer battery life and better cooling mechanism during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Spain. The Korean electronics maker will host a media event in Barcelona on Feb. 24 that is [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Tuesday it will complete building its 5G infrastructure in major cities by the end of 2019 to get ahead in the next-generation wireless network market. Following the launch of the world’s first 5G network with SK Telecom Co. and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Queried about the biggest concerns with using 5G smartphones, the majority of respondents in a new survey pointed to battery life, overheating, and durability. LG Electronics Inc. conducted a survey of 1,000 smartphone users in South Korea and the United States, 65.3 percent of whom said they were most [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s biggest Internet service provider, on Wednesday highlighted its capability to deliver fifth-generation (5G) mobile network service with a specially rigged bus in central Seoul. The 10-seater bus allows passengers to experience next-generation technologies, such as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), through the 5G [...]
TOKYO, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857) will feature its wide range of solutions for advanced IC testing and wafer metrology at SEMICON Korea on January 23-25 at COEX in Seoul, South Korea. “Advantest is focused on helping our customers to measure the connected world and everything [...]