SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The speed and coverage of 5G networks in South Korea improved this year as the country races to lay out nationwide coverage of the latest generation networks by next year, the ICT ministry said Tuesday. Average download speeds using 5G networks from the country’s three major mobile carriers — [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Labs, the research arm of internet giant Naver Corp., said Thursday that it will introduce the world’s first 5G ‘brainless’ robot technology at the company’s second headquarters building, aimed for completion by the end of this year. Naver Labs received approval to move the 5G laboratory, currently located [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of smartphone users on 5G mobile networks topped 16 million as of June, data showed Thursday, as subscriptions to the latest generation networks continued to grow despite a lack of new flagship 5G phones. The total number of 5G users reached 16.47 million in June, accounting for [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a South Korean telecom giant, said Thursday it has commercialized standalone 5G, becoming the first mobile carrier in the country to deploy the network technology. Although South Korean carriers first commercialized 5G networks in April 2019, they have been available on non-standalone mode, requiring support from 4G [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Thursday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s largest mobile carrier KDDI to find new business applications for 5G network technology and strengthen cooperation to prepare for future 6G networks. Under the agreement, the two aim to [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a South Korean telecom giant, said Tuesday it will make millimeter wave (mmWave) 5G services available at a baseball stadium in a move to step up efforts to commercialize the technology. Although local mobile carriers offer 5G networks on the mid-band spectrum, they have yet to commercialize [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile users on 5G networks reached nearly 16 million in May, data showed Thursday, as telecom operators seek to expand applications of the next generation networks. As of the end of May, 5G subscriptions stood at 15.84 million, accounting for 22 percent of the total 71.45 million [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of 5G mobile users filed a joint lawsuit Wednesday against the country’s three major mobile carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — over disappointing quality of the latest generation networks, according to their legal representative. Around 520 people are taking part in the [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ICT ministry said Tuesday it will provide 5G frequency bands to companies other than telecom operators later this year in a move to spur the wider adoption and development of technology for the latest generation networks. The country has so far distributed 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) and 28 [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., a major electronics components maker in South Korea, on Tuesday said it has developed a high-capacity multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) to be applicable to 5G devices. The company said its new 1050-size (length 1mm and width 0.5mm) MLCC boasts the industry’s largest power capacity of 27 [...]