SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Vietnam is the country with the largest number of international roaming users for mobile phones at the end of this year. KT Corp., one of South Korea’s leading telecommunications firm, said Vietnam was the country that had the largest number of users of its voice call roaming service “ON” [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s major telecommunication service provider, on Thursday said it has agreed with China Mobile Communication Corp. to boost cooperation on 5G roaming services and a blockchain system. Using China Mobile’s network, KT said its 5G roaming services in China will be available later this month. The [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday it began the world’s first 5G roaming service in Switzerland in a partnership with a local carrier. Samsung Galaxy S10 users with SK Telecom’s 5G plan will be able to connect to Swisscom’s 5G network when they visit Switzerland after [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s science ministry said Tuesday that it will launch a pilot program using roaming data provided by mobile carriers to monitor and further prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Under the program, the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) will provide information about virus outbreaks in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s leading telecommunications company, SK Telecom, showcased its IoT roaming network as the global standard for LoRa (low-power, long-range wide area network for IoT), during Tuesday’s All Member Meeting for the LoRa Alliance. In a nutshell, the roaming technology would allow IoT services to be operational in any country [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, on Thursday said it plans to jointly develop network servers and other devices with European firms for a low-power Internet of Things (IoT) technology. The planned cooperation with European firms, which included France’s EGM and CEA that support the LoRa technology [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government will establish what it is calling a ‘smart quarantine system’ in order to prevent the influx of foreign diseases. The government will coordinate with KT, a major phone service provider, and use international roaming information as part of its efforts. The Ministry of Science, ICT and [...]