SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – As cyber-attacks such as the breach of the Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Company’s systems by an unidentified hacker group increase, the South Korean government is stepping up its efforts to check emergency response plans in the private sector. According to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – KT announced on December 7 that it had signed-up 70,000 new Olleh GiGA Internet service subscribers in around one month, since it rolled out its new high-speed network on October 20. KT’s Olleh GiGA Internet, which is 10 times faster than existing services, combines GiGa Internet with the GiGA UHD [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — KT said on December 3 that it has developed a “Giga Microwave” technology that’s ten times faster than the current 100-Mbps services to be deployed in remote rural areas where fiber-optic cables are infeasible. In remote areas, wireless microwave technology is much more economical than fiber-optic connections. But the problem [...]
“I hope the three neighboring countries of China, Japan, and Korea could get together to create a uniform standard for the mobile transportation card and other technologies such as smart energy, the Internet of Things, and future fusion techs so that the three nations can lead the world in these areas.” “Once the mobile transportation [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — KT said on November 11 that it would begin offering from the following day a new rate plan that gives discount without early termination charges. Previously all rate plans required users to pledge a certain period of time–typically two years–to get discount. If the user is unable to keep the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The limited edition of Sony’s “Xperia Z3 Silver Green” will hit the Korean store shelves. Famed-for its superb water-proof features, Sony’s Xperia Z3 models are available in white, silver green, bronze and black colors in the global market. According to Sony, the model is now up for sale in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Some of the workers at KT who refused to take a voluntary retirement offer by the company have complained of harassment and discrimination in work assignment. KT’s union members, jointly with human rights lawyers and advocacy group members as well as the offices of lawmakers Lee In-young and EunSumi (both New [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – KT announced on November 3 that it would launch five types of Olleh LTE data mobile vouchers. The gift cards can be easily purchased when a subscriber needs more data bundles. There are five types of vouchers depending on the data capacity from 100MB to 5GB. The cards expire [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Since the government introduced on October 1 a new law intended to improve the mobile phone handset retail structure, it seems the new phone device demand has finally recovered the pre-October level. Market watchers said this is largely because of the effect of the new Apple iPhone 6 to debut [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – As KT loses in a Supreme Court case in protest of a lower court decision that endorsed 2012 sanctions by the Ministry of Defense against the telecom firm, it won’t be able to take part in government-commissioned biddings for the next six months. The Supreme Court justices said on October 24, “It is clear that [...]