SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A local consortium was selected as the new operator of the 28 gigahertz (GHz) band of the fifth-generation network (5G) in South Korea on Wednesday, the science ministry said, becoming the country’s fourth mobile carrier. Stage X, a consortium of Stage Five, a communications affiliate of tech giant Kakao [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s health authorities and one of the nation’s three mobile carriers launched a collaboration on Wednesday to monitor and further prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Under an agreement between the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) and LG Uplus Co., the authorities will provide information [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s Mobile Device Distribution Improvement Act went into effect in October 2014, setting a price cap on the amount of subsidies that one can receive when purchasing a new smartphone. The law was intended to establish more generalized smartphone prices, which tended to fluctuate highly from store to store, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean mobile carriers are likely to cut this year’s facility investment to around 2010 levels, industry watchers said Monday, casting doubt over their promises to provide better services. SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Upluc Corp. are expected to invest a combined 6 trillion won (US$4.96 billion) [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Plus, Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, will offer approximately 44,000 receive-only mobile phones to all military camps in Korea for free. According to the Ministry of National Defense, the smallest mobile carrier was selected as the licensee for its project to deploy receive-only phones to military barracks as part of [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Yonhap) – South Korea’s mobile carriers said Monday they will accept preorders for Samsung Electronics‘ latest high-end smartphone models — the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge – this week, adding that the models will be available for use on April 10. SK Telecom, the country’s leading mobile carrier, said subscribers can make orders [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A week after the three major mobile carriers resumed their businesses after suspensions, SK Telecom swept the number portability market with aggressive marketing. According to the industry, from May 20 to 28, SK Telecom marked a net increase of 42,990 subscribers while KT and LG Uplus recorded a net [...]