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S. Korean Telecoms Post Sluggish Q3 Earnings on 5G Spending

SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three mobile carriers posted lackluster profits in the third quarter with heavy spending on 5G networks, but they are set to rebound in the fourth quarter, analysts said Saturday. SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. booked increased sales in the July-September period from a [...]

Focus of 5G Race Shifts from being ‘First’ to ‘Best’

SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Now that South Korea has won the much-coveted crown of the world’s “first” to launch 5G commercial service, it is time to improve the service’s quality and create lucrative business models to lead the way in the global 5G race, market watchers said Tuesday. Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S10 [...]