BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Mobile World Congress — Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Cisco today announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and intend to collaborate on the development of 5G communication systems and networks. The joint effort aims to facilitate STC’s transformation into a digital service provider and supports the [...]
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Mobile World Congress - Continuing on its path to disrupt the industry by redefining the network, Cisco announced today its ‘5G Now’ portfolio for service providers ready to go full throttle on their 5G roadmap. 5G services promise to offer emerging new services at significantly faster speeds, expanded capacity and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has clinched a deal with U.S. mobile carrier Verizon Communications to supply commercial fifth-generation network equipment. Samsung and Verizon plan to kick off commercial 5G services in Sacramento, California, over the second half of 2018, the South Korean tech giant said in a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Science and ICT has revealed a comprehensive plan to build a hyper-connected smart network including the sale of 5G frequency bands and faster Wi-Fi speeds on the subway. The science ministry announced during a meeting with a Fourth Industrial Revolution committee that 5G frequency bands will [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean telecom companies are reshuffling their staff with a focus shift to more profitable and long-term projects such as 5G and AI. According to sources close to the mobile industry, SK Telecom has reorganized seven of its departments and prioritized units dealing with up-and-coming and next-generation services such [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it demonstrated the fifth-generation network on a high-speed train traveling over 100 kph under a joint project with the Japan-based KDDI Corp. The two companies, which have been rolling out joint projects in the field since 2015, said they successfully observed data transmission speed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — KT (Korea Telecom) announced on October 27 that it had succeeded in interconnecting 5G demonstration networks with 5G terminals of Samsung Electronics at the main stadium and other sports stadiums designated for the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. In addition, a pilot to transmit bulk images through 5G services [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The market of fifth-generation network services in South Korea will reach some 35 trillion won (US$31 billion) in 2025, as the faster network technology is anticipated to be used in many areas from mobile phone networks to smart homes and connected cars, industry data showed Sunday. According to the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Telecom Co. on Thursday demonstrated the communication between fourth-generation and fifth-generation networks for the first time in the industry, the companies said. The South Korean tech giant and the country’s No. 1 mobile carrier said they successfully made communications between the long-term evolution (LTE) [...]
DRESDEN, GERMANY, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) - Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT®) (NASDAQ:IDTI) today announced that it is sampling a portfolio of millimeter wave beamformer products for 5G next generation communications systems. These products accelerate IDT’s growth in the RF market and consolidate its position as a leading supplier of RF and millimeter wave (mmWave) products [...]