South Korea

Initial focus is consumer internet of things solutions Korean telecommunications firm LG Uplus has opened the country’s first store exclusively dedicated to home internet of things (IoT) and internet television …

The new smart city initiative will be located between Seoul and Incheon Dubai Holding has launched its smart city initiative in Korea which will cover an area of 4.7 square …

The new smart city initiative will be located between Seoul and Incheon Dubai Holding has launched its smart city initiative in Korea, covering an area of 4.7 square kilometers located …

SK Telecom will work with the car-sharing company on connected car services Korean telecommunications company SK Telecom has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with compatriot car-sharing company SOCAR,to cooperate …

Verizon 5G efforts could leverage KT’s millimeter wave technology Verizon Wireless will work closely with Korea Telecom as part of its effort to lead the development of a “5G” standard. …

Verizon 5G efforts could leverage KT’s millimeter wave technology Verizon Wireless plans to work closely with Korea Telecom as part of its effort to lead the development of a “5G” …

Smart cities need good examples: a new report ranked Singapore as the top smart city in the world. But, four other cities in Europe and the U.S. are also doing a great …

Smart cities need good examples: a new report ranked Singapore as the top smart city in the world. But, four other cities in Europe and the U.S. are also doing a great …

4G LTE subscriber base reaches 5 million Indonesian telecoms operator Telkomsel announced its 4G LTE network currently reaches 100 cities across the country. The telco has already deployed more than …

Xiaomi, Huawei and Apple led in market share  A total of 117.3 million smartphones were shipped to China in the last quarter of 2015, an 8% year-over-year increase according to …

Regulators said the three carrier candidates failed to meet minimum requirements The Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning decided not to award a fourth mobile telephony license after …

KT uses Nokia Flexi Multiradio 10 in its LTE network South Korean operator KT and equipment provider Nokia recently conducted what the companies say is the industry’s first enhanced machine …

Regulators evaluating three potential carrier candidates The mobile telephony market in South Korea may have a new player soon as the government confirmed it plans to decide this week whether …

New solutions to be based on SK Telecom ThingPlug platform SK Telecom inked an agreement with networking giant Cisco Systems to develop new solutions for “Internet of Things” technology, The …

The 5G R&D agreement will focus on radio and core technologies Swedish vendor Ericsson signed a memorandum of understanding with Japanese telecom operator KDDI to collaborate on “5G” research and …

Deployment of small cells is seen as a key avenue of boosting cellular capacity and adding network density, but commissioning have fallen short of projections, despite 2015 being viewed as …

Deliveries commenced in Q1 2015, will continue during 2016 Nokia Networks and China Mobile announced a framework agreement for the provision of mobile communications equipment and services valued at more …

That growth comes between January and September; the telco ended September with 194 million subscribers China Telecom ended the third quarter with 43.7 million subscribers in the 4G LTE segment, …

The companies work to launch a joint 5G testbed; test virtual slices optimized for IoT, virtual/augmented reality and other next-gen services South Korean mobile operator SK Telecom and Swedish vendor …

The South Korean telco has so far deployed 30,000 units of 2.1 GHz base stations South Korean mobile operator SK Telecom is looking to deploy 5,000 additional base stations by …

SK Telecom the first carrier in South Korea to install 5G equipment in its building South Korean mobile telephony operator SK Telecom said it completed building a system to support …

South Korean telco plans to launch the world’s first pilot of LTE-M technology South Korea’s largest mobile telephony operator, SK Telecom, ended the second quarter of 2015 with 17.93 million …

5G network slicing work to use network virtualization, hyperscale data center SK Telecom and Ericsson plan to tap virtualized network software to support “network slicing” technology in the core of …

As mobile networks get faster and more complex, potential bottlenecks in the backhaul network become increasingly important in quality of experience. Accedian Networks has reported that its virtualized solution that leverages big data analytics …

Nokia continues to focus on 5G research with a new network architecture developed in partnership with SK Telecom. The companies have separated the user plane from the control plane. SK …