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 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Android smartphone makers are poised to launch 5G-based models in 2019, but the production volume is only expected to reach 5 million units this year, a report predicted Wednesday. Major smartphone makers, such as Samsung Electronics Co. and Huawei, have actively invested in the development of 5G devices to [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it plans to roll out its first fifth-generation (5G) Galaxy smartphone in the United States within the first half of the year. The global tech giant unveiled the ambitious plan during a press conference on its future vision and key business projects for [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s new assembly line at Suwon, Gyeonggi Province for 5G network communication devices began operation on Thursday, making it the second of its kind following the first assembly line built in Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam. The new assembly line was relocated from Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. succeeded in the first live broadcast of the annual Bosingak bell-ringing event using a 5G commercial network on January 1. The live broadcast was 11 minutes long, featuring the New Year countdown, the bell-ringing event and interviews. It was filmed with a smartphone connected to a [...]