Korea recalls mobile operators’ 5G licences
Two of South Korea’s three mobile network operators have been asked to hand back their 5G licences in the 28 GHz frequency band, it emerged recently.
Two of South Korea’s three mobile network operators have been asked to hand back their 5G licences in the 28 GHz frequency band, it emerged recently.
KT is reportedly mulling selling off a chunk of its recently-created cloud business, a move that could value the unit as a whole at US$2 billion.
Excitement about the industry’s most recent buzzword is spreading rapidly to the financial sector.
Korean telecoms group KT has built a new OpenRAN test facility with plenty of help from its Japanese friends.
South Korean operator KT has become one of the world’s first operators to move its commercial 5G network to standalone mode.
Last week, the GSMA announced an initiative to standardise the edge, with Telefónica, KT, China Unicom and Telstra the first to step up to lead the way.
KT has announced its 5G subscriber base has gone past the one million mark and it has entered into 5G roaming agreements with operators in Italy, Switzerland, and Finland.
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.
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.
Korean operator KT is buying a bunch of 5G NR kit and software to help it launch 5G commercially in a few weeks’ time.
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.
Verizon, KT and Samsung have teamed up so the CEO’s of the two telcos could have a video call with each other.
South Korean telco KT has announced it will complete the construction of a 5G network by September 2017 to prepare for a pilot service at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
While the progress of 5G has been closely monitored and chaperoned over recent months, the risk of fragmentation is becoming greater as we lumber towards deployment.
Indonesia Telkom and KT have continued positive performances for operators in the Asia markets, both reporting healthy growth.
US telco Verizon has announced it is the first US operator to complete 5G radio specifications, despite the first official standard being two years away.
Operators NTT and KT have given an update on their 5G strategies, with each giving an insight into their current progress and targeted milestones along the way.
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