SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Around a quarter of South Korea’s mobile subscriptions were on 5G networks in August, data showed Wednesday, as new smartphone launches boosted user growth in the latest generation networks. As of end-August, there were 17.8 million 5G network users, accounting for 24.8 percent of the country’s total 71.9 million [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Some sections of the Seoul subway are expected to offer 5G-based Wi-Fi service starting from late October. The Ministry of Science and ICT, together with three major mobile carriers, launched an empirical test to improve the performance of 28-gigahertz (GHz) 5G subway Wi-Fi at Sindap Station in Seoul on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of 5G network base stations in South Korea accounted for just 11 percent of the total in the second quarter, data showed Monday, amid continued user complaints against the latest generation networks. As of the April-June period, there were 162,099 5G base stations in the country, compared [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s 5G user base continued to expand in July to reach over 17 million users, data showed Wednesday, with the growth expected to pick up later this year on the back of launches of new devices. The total number of 5G subscriptions stood at 17.08 million in July, [...]
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 [...]