SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a South Korean broadband Internet and mobile phone company, said Friday it has joined forces with Nokia Corp. to further develop the technology for a commercial use of the fifth-generation (5G) mobile network. KT said its head Hwang Chang-kyu and his counterpart Nokia President and CEO Rajeev [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The upcoming 2018 PyeongChang Olympics will likely be a showcase of South Korean know-how in state-of-the-art information and communication technology (ICT), with mobile operators and carmakers to highlight their prowess at the world’s biggest winter sports competition. KT Corp., the country’s No. 1 fixed-line Internet operator, will test run [...]
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) - Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT) (NASDAQ:IDTI) announced today it will be speaking and showcasing its latest mmWave solutions at the IEEE 5G Summit Dresden. The event occurs September 19th at the International Congress Center in Dresden, Germany. IDT is a proud Gold Sponsor of the event. IDT will deliver two presentations at [...]
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) - Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT) (NASDAQ:IDTI) today announced that Ericsson has honored IDT with a ‘Best Supplier’ award for the Hardware Components category. IDT was recognized by Ericsson for its excellent and consistent performance in 2016 and for supporting technology leadership in mobile broadband and the evolution to 5G. [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier KT Corp. on Monday said the company plans to expand ties with U.S. Verizon Communications and jointly demonstrated the world’s first hologram call that can be used on a fifth-generation network. KT said its head Hwang Chang-kyu and his counterpart Lowell McAdam, the [...]
INCHEON, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2017 Korean Baseball Organization season began on Friday at the Incheon SK Happy Dream Park, highlighted by the latest 5G technology and virtual and augmented reality. Before the game between the SK Wyverns and the KT Wiz, visitors had the chance to experience free VR rides in front [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom announced yesterday plans to equip the Incheon SK Happy Dream Park with devices running on 5G technology for baseball fans visiting the stadium during the three-day season opening series. Dubbed the “5G Stadium”, the home stadium of the SK Wyverns will be transformed this weekend into a venue [...]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – KT Corp., South Korea’s biggest Internet service provider, plans to offer a trial service of its fifth-generation (5G) mobile network via self-driving buses and drone deliveries at next year’s Winter Olympics, company officials said Tuesday. KT is gearing up for the 5G trial service as PyeongChang will [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom said Wednesday it successfully developed and demonstrated joint network slicing with its German and Swedish partners, a new means of connectivity based on 5G roaming that creates multiple virtual networks from a single physical network. Deutsche Telecom and Ericsson were the partners in the trial test of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will increase the bandwidth allocated for the fifth-generation network (5G) by 2018 to accommodate sharply increasing data traffic, the science ministry said Wednesday. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said it will newly secure the bandwidth up to 1,300 megahertz (MHz) and allocate the parts [...]