SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, demonstrated Thursday an autonomous vehicle that can park on its own, using its high-speed 5G network. In an online video demonstration, the carrier tested the self-driving vehicle, which traveled about five minutes on roads in western Seoul and managed to [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced on Thursday that it had developed a cutting-edge optical repeater that ensures seamless 5G service, even indoors. The newly-developed optical repeater enables airports, stations and large shopping malls to offer 5G service at a maximum speed of 20 Gbps. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Tuesday it will start testing millimeter wave (mmWave) 5G at a university campus under a government-led program as the country prepares to roll out the fastest version of the latest generation network. The mobile carrier said it has completed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, has the fastest 5G download speed among South Korean mobile carriers, a report showed Monday. The mobile carrier’s median 5G download speed in Seoul stood at 476.5 megabits per second (Mbps), followed by the country’s largest mobile carrier SK Telecom [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Buses and taxis in Seoul will soon be equipped with a new 5G service that provides information on traffic hazards including jaywalkers and illegally parked vehicles. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Tuesday that it will launch a 5G service that features the convergence of road-based information on vehicles, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The ICT ministry said Monday the redistribution price for past generation network frequency bands used by the country’s major mobile carriers should be at least 3.17 trillion won (US$2.9 billion). The ministry and the three telecom operators — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — had [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s number of 5G users reached nearly 10 million as of end-October, ministry data showed Monday. The number of 5G subscribers stood at 9.98 million as of the end of October, up 735,113 from the previous month, according to data from the Ministry of Science and ICT. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The shipment of 5G smartphones in South Korea is projected to top 10 million units this year, a report showed Friday, with a sharp sales increase expected in the current quarter. Sales of smartphones supporting 5G networks here are estimated to reach 10.3 million units this year, more than [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Note 20 Ultra was the world’s bestselling 5G smartphone in September, a report showed Thursday. The high-end model of the Galaxy Note 20 series, which was launched late August, captured a 5 percent share in the global 5G smartphone market in September, according to market [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will launch a new 5G-running budget smartphone in North America this week as it looks to compete for the growing market for the latest generation network there. The K92 5G — LG’s first budget K Series phone to support the high-speed network — [...]