SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The world’s very first 5G robot cafe has opened in Seoul. KT Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has introduced 5G service at Beat Coffee, an unmanned cafe owned by Dal.komm Coffee, a South Korean coffee franchise, where a barista robot takes orders and prepares beverages. KT implemented a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government said Thursday it will work with information and communication technology companies to apply the 5G network in advanced production lines to create “smart factories.” A smart factory is a key concept in the fourth industrial revolution, and is based on an agile, automated manufacturing environment. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Son Heung-min, a South Korean professional footballer playing his trade with Premier League side Tottenham, opened a remote soccer school for elementary school students in South Korea using SK Telecom Co.’s 5G and media technology. SK Telecom revealed the 5GX Dream Project via YouTube and television, where Son makes [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is forecast to have the highest proportion of fifth-generation (5G) smartphone usage in the world over the next couple of years, a market tracker said Sunday. According to Strategy Analytics’ Service Provider Group, the adoption rate of 5G smartphones in South Korea is expected to reach 5.5 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The new generation of 5G telecommunications technology is expected to dawn upon the nation come December 1. South Korea’s three major telecommunication operators will be initiating their 5G services in six major cities including the Seoul metropolitan area next month. The transmission speed of 5G is 20 times that [...]
McLean, VA, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Vricon is pleased to announce that a major U.S. telecommunications company recently acquired Vricon’s high-resolution 3D geodata to support large-scale 5G telecommunications network planning and design. Under the multimillion-dollar contract, Vricon will provide the firm with 3D data of urban and suburban population centers across the United States. The company is [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to launch its first foldable smartphone in March, along with a fifth-generation (5G) network-powered Galaxy S10, industry sources said Monday. According to the sources, the South Korean tech giant plans to unveil the flagship Galaxy S10 smartphone in February, followed by the presumed foldable Galaxy [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese smartphone producer Huawei Technologies Co. said that it would cooperate with telecommunications giant LG Uplus Corp. by offering the source code for its 5G transmitters if requested. Shawn Meng, the head of Huawei Korea, said that he would be willing to submit the layout and source code when [...]
WATERLOO, Ontario, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in machine vision technology, is pleased to introduce its newest Genie Nano cameras with eight new monochrome and color models built around the industry’s best performing SONY® image sensors. These industry-first 5-Gigabit GigE Vision cameras feature resolutions from 3.2Mpixels [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — With 5G telecommunications technology to be implemented starting next year, telecom operators are looking far and wide for “killer” content to be featured on their platforms in a bid to entice consumers to make the switch to 5G service. The most viable content options thus far are gaming and [...]