SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The speed of WiFi-connected Internet services have become faster this year thanks to improved equipment, especially in subway stations, government data showed Wednesday. The average downloading speed using WiFi networks across the nation stands at 144.73 megabits per second this year, up 57.5 percent from 91.87 Mbps in 2015, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea ranked first worldwide in terms of the penetration rate of fast broadband Internet, which transmits data at a speed of over 100 Mbps (megabits per second), according to a report by KT Corp. on Tuesday. About 14.9 percent of South Korea’s total population, or 7.58 million people, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is home to some of the world’s fastest mobile Internet infrastructures, but lags behind the United States and China in the utilization of web information, a report showed Wednesday. Although Koreans enjoy better access to the Internet using their smartphones, they are less active than Americans and [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – KT Corp., South Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier by sales, said Friday it has set up networks for Wi-Fi connections in 20 of the Navy’s submarines to allow sailors access to the internet. The Wi-Fi networks will help Navy soldiers aboard submarines participate in online information communication technology education programs [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed that youths who spend more time on the Internet are more susceptible to obesity than those who limit their Internet use. A research team from the Catholic University of Korea, led by Dr. Jung Hye-seon of the Department of Preventive Medicine, analyzed the 2014 [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea ranks 134th of the world’s 170 countries in terms of internet connection speed, a U.S.-based media report said Wednesday. According to the Voice of America (VOA), North Korea’s internet speed remained at 2.0 Mbps, a mere one-thirteenth of South Korea, which has the fastest Internet connectivity speed [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Almost everyone has a skeleton or two in their closet. But once this sensitive information is posted online, it becomes almost permanent. A new ‘Right to be Forgotten’ standard set by the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) will go into effect starting June. But many questions still remain as to [...]
SEOUL, Feb.22 (Korea Bizwire) – In the first half of the year, it is expected that individuals will be give the option to have unwanted internet information deleted upon request. The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) announced that it is preparing guidelines to provide the ‘right to be forgotten’. The ‘right to be forgotten’ is a [...]
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — CableTec Expo — The Multimedia over Coax Alliance has completed MoCA 2.0 field tests in the U.S. Tests demonstrated better than 400 Mbps net data rates in 90 percent of all coaxial outlets, or paths. Net throughputs were greater than 350 Mbps for 95 percent of paths. Results [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — One stop insurance supermarkets selling various insurance products like automobile, health and savings insurance online will begin service in September. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) announced that the new service enabling financial consumers to compare various insurance products in one place and to purchase best of breed products online [...]