International Telecommunications Union Archives

S. Korea’s New Telecommunications Satellite Gets into Orbit

SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea successfully launched its fourth telecommunications satellite Friday that will provide enhanced broadcasting and communications services, the ICT ministry said. The commercial satellite, named the Mugunghwa-7, lifted off from the Guiana Space Center at Kourou in French Guiana, aboard a rocket made by France-based Arianespace at 7:27 p.m. (local time), said the Ministry of [...]

SK Broadband to Showcase 10-Gbps Internet at ITU Busan Conference

SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Broadband said on October 13 that it would unveil the world’s first 10-Gbps (gigabyte per second) Internet service in the upcoming Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunications Union to be held on October 20 at Busan’s BEXCO Center, in partnership with the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and the National [...]