SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier KT Corp. said Monday it will be able to provide fifth-generation (5G) network services at the venue of the Winter Olympics in 2018 as scheduled, setting a new milestone for the global telecommunications industry. KT, the official network service provider of the 2018 [...]
Daejeon, KOREA, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A 5G future is no longer a distant one, but an upcoming reality. High quality videos of more than 10Mbps can be served simultaneously to 100 users even in a train running at up to 500km/h. People can experience data rates that are 100 times faster than currently [...]
Seoul, Korea, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) announced today that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China Unicom to cooperate in strengthening their competitiveness in the telecommunications industry and promoting new growth businesses. The MOU signing ceremony took place at the Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel located in Cape Town, South [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to invest around 5.7 trillion won (US$4.83 billion) over the next five years to help nurture the fifth-generation (5G) network, unmanned drones and other high-end technology. Under the plan, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning will allocate the budget in 19 industry areas. “The [...]
Seoul, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A conference gauging the progress of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies, which are receiving attention as the multimedia services of the future, was held on July 22. SK Telecom hosted a forum to discuss the present and future of immersive multimedia services such as augmented reality and virtual reality. [...]
“With the cooperation of Nokia and Ericsson, world-renowned communications equipment manufacturers, KT will lead the development of core technology for the 5G era. As a corporation of people, we will be well-prepared to offer the world’s first 5G mobile service at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games in 2018.” - Hwang Chang-gyu, KT Chairman SEOUL, June [...]
Seoul, Korea, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) today announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Rohde & Schwarz, a leading manufacturer of electronic test and measurement equipment, to collaboratively develop key network technologies for 5G. Under the MOU, SK Telecom and Rohde & Schwarz will measure and analyze radio [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top smartphone maker Samsung Electronics Co. and leading mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday they will jointly promote the fifth-generation (5G) network that runs on high-frequency bands at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), which kicks off in Spain next month. Samsung and SK Telecom will showcase [...]
Seoul, Korea, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) today announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Nokia on January 21, 2015, to work together to lead the development and verification of the fifth-generation (5G) mobile network technologies. Under the MOU, the two companies will conduct joint researches to develop core [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s smallest mobile carrier, LG Uplus Corp., said Monday it has agreed with Nokia to join hands in developing the fifth-generation (5G) network technologies, which is set to emerge as the new industrial standard in the near future. Under the memorandum of understanding (MOU), LG and Nokia will [...]