SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s 5G download speed and overall quality improved in the second half of the year from the first half as the country races to deploy nationwide coverage of the latest generation network, a report showed Wednesday. The average download speed on the high-speed network from the country’s three [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless provider, said Thursday it has partnered with Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) to launch the country’s first 5G edge cloud service. The business-targeted service, named SKT 5GX Edge, provides users ultra-low latency for data-intensive services by connecting to AWS Wavelength Zones installed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Wednesday it has introduced mobile edge computing (MEC) technology at Incheon International Airport to operate an artificial intelligence (AI) system that screens potential COVID-19 patients in a move to step up preventative measures against the pandemic. The Ministry of Science and ICT said the system will [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has the fastest 5G download speed in the world, reaching over 350 megabits per second (Mbps), a report showed Monday. The country’s 5G download speed stood at an average 351.2 Mbps, followed by Saudi Arabia at 272.8 Mbps and Taiwan at 247.7 Mbps, industry tracker Opensignal said [...]
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 [...]