Coronavirus shuts down Samsung manufacturing site
Having forced the hand of the GSMA to cancel this years’ Barcelona bonanza, the coronavirus is now making itself known in Korea.
Having forced the hand of the GSMA to cancel this years’ Barcelona bonanza, the coronavirus is now making itself known in Korea.
Korean operator SK Telecom says it has managed the world’s first standalone 5G data session on a multi-vendor commercial 5G network.
Korea is looking to lead the way on autonomous shipping following the development of a 5G-based test platform by SK Telecom and Samsung Heavy Industries.
Korean tech giant Samsung has teamed up with compatriot operator SK Telecoms to develop what they claim will be the world’s first 5G 8K TV.
The first commercial test of a 3GPP Release 16 technology designed to improve dynamic switching between 5G and wifi has been claimed by KT and Tessares.
Korean operator SK Telecom has announced it’s the first to accumulate a million 5G subscribers, just four months after it was made available.
Irrelevant as to whether South Korea was actually first to launch 5G or not, it’s the first market Rootmetrics has tested comprehensively and LGU+ have come out on top.
South Korean operator SK Telecom is hoping to take the lead in the development of 5G towards 6G in partnership with most of the big kit vendors.
The operator will switch on 5G service for consumers on Friday and has plenty of goodies for consumers to fill the bandwidth with.
5G for consumers is expected to launch late this week in South Korea. The three mobile operators in have published their 5G packages, starting from 55,000 won and going up to 130,000 won.
Korean operator KT is buying a bunch of 5G NR kit and software to help it launch 5G commercially in a few weeks’ time.
SK Telecom has announced the launch of its ‘5G Mobile Edge Computing Open Platform’ in an effort to marry two of the industry’s hottest topics.
Korea’s mobile operator KT is going to launch nation-wide 5G service this month and will collaborate with Nokia to provide services and tools for the business and the public sectors.
All three of Korea’s major mobile operators switched on 5G networks simultaneous at midnight on 1 December, offering business FWA based on 3GPP standards.
SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus have all agreed to launch 5G services at the same time to avoid the potentially blood-thirsty race in pursuit of the ‘first’ accolade.
In a sign of the disruption set to be unleashed by the 5G era is has been reported that Korea’s main operators are all expected to switch to usage-based tariffs next year.
Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has said it has launched an investigation into whether Apple is abusing its market position in the market, overcharging customers and exploiting the tired telcos.
Huawei teamed up with Korean operator LG U+ to demonstrate some novel 5G applications on the streets of Seoul.
The incremental crawl towards 5G is going slightly faster in South Korea, if SK Telecoms latest boasts are to be believed.
Korean operator SK Telecom has announced it has applied its TANGO AI-driven network management system to its entire network.
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