BARCELONA, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Consumers have heard a lot about 5G over the past year, but the time has come for leading telecom and tech players to show what can be done with the next-generation mobile network in the largest mobile industry show of the year. South Korean mobile carriers and electronics companies [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A bill that obligates mobile service providers to compensate for network errors passed the Science, ICT, Broadcasting, and Communications Committee at the National Assembly on Thursday. The news comes after KT Corp.’s Ahyeon Branch Office in Seoul recently caught fire, shutting down mobile and Internet network traffic in the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A fire that broke out at KT Corp.’s Ahyeon branch on Saturday created havoc in the Seodaemun and Mapo districts, leaving the area’s smartphone users without Internet access for hours. Large masses of the population have become heavily reliant on their phones for not only calls and messages but [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s leading wireless and fixed-line services provider, said Friday it will provide a special offer for foreigners purchasing its new top-up SIM card, which can be recharged for calls and texts. The telecom giant released South Korea’s first top-up SIM card last month. Compared with other [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom giant KT Corp. announced Thursday that it will start commercial operations of its fifth-generation (5G) mobile network in March 2019. KT said its goal is to provide “perfect 5G” service by building a nationwide infrastructure so faster and more stable data processing, far exceeding the capacity of the existing 4G network, or long-term evolution (LTE), will be [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has joined hands with No. 2 mobile carrier KT Corp. to provide a next-generation communications network for a new bullet train line that serves a key Olympic venue. It marks the first time that the long-term evolution railway network has been installed on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s mobile carriers said Friday their first preorder batch of U.S. tech giant Apple Inc.’s latest iPhone X smartphones were sold out in a few minutes after being launched here, apparently due to supply shortages. No. 1 mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said it sold the first batch [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea launched an alliance of leading information and communication technology and construction firms on Wednesday to nurture the “smart home” industry that connects artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) to home appliances. “We can make the world’s leading smart home industry with the combination of our [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Kim Young-beom was the first to get his hands on a Galaxy S8+ from SK Telecom on Tuesday, after six days of waiting in front of the company’s Jonggak outlet – setting a new record since mobile carriers began “lining up” events here in 2009. The launch event kicked [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – KT Corp. said Wednesday it has applied a new technology on its long-term evolution (LTE) networks that allows smartphone users to save battery life. South Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier said its research showed the upgrade extended the battery life of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S8 smartphone by three [...]