SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean Internet users have increasingly streamed content instead of downloading them though wireless services, government data showed Wednesday, mainly on the back of the introduction of a long-term evolution (LTE) service based on fourth-generation (4G) wireless technology. Internet traffic from video streaming services and video-on-demand (VOD), such as [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea boasts among the world’s fastest Internet connection speeds. A recent study added to the country’s pride, revealing that Korea also outranks major cities around the world when it comes to LTE. According to the study announced Wednesday by the Korea Telecommunications Operators Association, which looked at LTE connection [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it will sell the industry’s first smartwatch that runs on the long-term evolution (LTE) network, nearly six months after it was showcased. The LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition, to be released in South Korea this week, is significant as it does not need to link to [...]
SEOUL, Dec.23 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics has announced that it will launch its G Pad Ⅱ 8.3 LTE, a tablet capable of LTE data transfers, through LG U+. The product has an LTE communication module which makes it possible for it to connect to the internet if Wi-Fi is unavailable. Considering that consumers often [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A secret market for “golden phone numbers”, including mobile phones, company phone numbers and local numbers is known to exceed 26.7 billion won. According to lawmaker Kwon Eun-hee of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy, who analyzed an Internet site where the golden numbers are traded, a [...]
Seoul, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Data-oriented rate plans have turned out to have a positive effect on the sales of mobile communications companies. Concerns arose when the plans were first launched, but now it is estimated that average revenue per user(ARPU) has actually increased. Non- LTE users making the jump to LTE plans seem [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – With subscriptions to data-oriented rate plans passing the 800,000 mark just 17 days after their rollout earlier this month, the ICT ministry expects that the 2- million-subscriber mark is within reach this year. According to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning on May 26, the total number [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — As mobile phone plans rapidly shift from voice-centered to data-centered plans—with free calls and text messages—2G users are feeling left out. The new plans are designed for those who access 3G and LTE service networks with smartphones. As 2G users use mobile phones only for calling and texting, mobile carriers are [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, is bolstering the global sales of low-end handsets to maintain its leading market presence, with the latest release of its high-end Galaxy S6 series, industry sources said Thursday. The South Korean tech giant has recently decided to roll out the new [...]
Seoul, Korea, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) announced today that it successfully demonstrated a 600 Mbps data transmission rate by using Nokia Networks’ 4X4 Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology. 4X4 MIMO is a technology that doubles download speeds by using four transmit antennas and four receive antennas for communication between a mobile device [...]