SK Telecom Realizes Smart Shopping for Lotte Department Store

10/06/2016 | By Netmanias

SK Telecom today announced that it, together with Lotte Department Store, will create a new shopping culture by realizing a truly smart shopping environment via ‘Smart Department Store,’ a package of smart shopping solutions designed to revolutionize people’s shopping experience.

KT to Establish 1Gbps GiGA-Internet over Telephone Line

09/30/2016 | By Park, Jisung

KT is establishing an environment where anyone in South Korea can use 1Gbps GiGA-Internet by applying many innovative technologies.

SK Broadband presented the world's first '2-pair Ethernet'-based 1Gbps Internet service in both UL and DL

09/30/2016 | By Netmanias

SK Broadband announced last week (on the 21th) that it has successfully developed a solution that enables 1Gbps Internet speeds in both UL and DL over the legacy 2-pair cable without the need of installing extra cables for the first time in the world.

SK Telecom and Qualcomm Announce First Enhanced Licensed Assisted Access (eLAA) Over-the-Air Trial

09/30/2016 | By Netmanias

SK Telecom and Qualcomm announced on the 29th that they have successfully demonstrated enhanced Licensed Assisted Access (eLAA) that utilizes both licensed and unlicensed spectrum at SK Telecom’s Corporate R&D Center in Bundang, Korea.

Samsung and HPE Partner to accelerate Carriers’ Transformation to the Telco Cloud

09/29/2016 | By NETMANIAS

Samsung Electronics and Hewlett Packard Enterprise today announced a partnership that will provide carriers with integrated network functions virtualization (NFV) infrastructure and virtual network functions (VNF) solutions. This kind of collaboration is critical to both carriers and customers increasingly looking to implement pre-tested and integrated multi-vendor solutions based on an open architecture.

SK Telecom’s 5G Technologies Win Global Recognition

09/28/2016 | By Netmanias

SK Telecom has won the “Biggest Contribution of 5G R&D” and “Most Notable Partnership between an Operator and Solutions Provider” held in Singapore on September 27, 2016. Also, on the same day, SK Telecom has been named the winner of the “Best 5G Initiative” award at RAN World Awards 2016 held in Dusseldorf, Germany.

KT demonstrated the world's first NB-IoT-based service

09/26/2016 | By Netmanias

KT, South Korea-based telecom company, announced last week (on the 20th) that it has successfully demonstrated various Internet of Small Things (IoST) services that are based on Narrow Band IoT (NB-IoT) technology over its commercial LTE network in cooperation with Daejeon metropolitan city, Nokia, Kolon Industry, Intel, etc.

SK Telecom and Samsung Electronics complete World's First Field Trial of Handover between mmWave 5G Base Stations

09/23/2016 | By NETMANIAS

SK Telecom and Samsung have become the world’s first to verify the performance of the 5G handover technology by connecting multiple millimeter wave base station systems to operator’s fiber optics infrastructure.

Zhone Technologies Completes Acquisition of DASAN Network Solutions to Create Global Leader in Network Access Solutions

09/14/2016 | By NETMANIAS

In connection with the acquisition, the company issued approximately 47.5 million shares of its common stock, representing 58 percent of the combined company, to DASAN Networks, Inc., the former sole shareholder of DASAN Network Solutions, and changed its name to DASAN Zhone Solutions, Inc. The company will commence trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the new symbol DZSI on Monday, Sept. 12, 2016.

SK Telecom and Nokia implement World’s First Software-Defined RAN (SDRAN) in a Commercial LTE Network

09/12/2016 | By NETMANIAS

SK Telecom today announced that together with Nokia, it has successfully implemented the world’s first cloud-based SDRAN (Software-Defined RAN) - also known as Cloud RAN - in a commercial network.

SK Telecom, Korea Expressway Corporation and Korea Electronics Technology Institute teamed up for self-driving vehicle communication solution V2X

09/10/2016 | By Netmanias

SK Telecom announced on the 8th that it executed an MoU with Korea Expressway Corporation (KEC) and Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) for technological partnership in relation to V2X (Vehicle to Everything), a next-generation automobile communication for self-driving vehicles.

SK Telecom to manufacture and sell networking equipment

09/07/2016 | By Yongjoo Kim

On the 4th, SK Telecom launched ‘SCube’ (tentative name), a new brand for networking equipment it plans to offer. SCube equipment was developed by SK Telecom and manufactured by a small-sized local vendor and SK Hynix. Initially, a group of five products, including AF-Media, NV-Array and T-CAP were released.

SK Telecom to present NUGU, AI service powered by voice recognition, in September

09/06/2016 | By Netmanias

SK Telecom unveiled NUGU, AI service powered by voice recognition along with a device specifically designed for the service last week (on August 31st). NUGU consists of an AI platform that can understand the Korean language and a specially designed device capable of voice input/output.

KT's how-to video platform 'dovido' targeting global market

09/05/2016 | By Netmanias

KT on the 30th August rolled out ‘dovido’, a how-to video platform designed to help anyone to make and generate revenues out of video content easily, and shared its strategies for content platform business at a press conference.

KT-Nokia showcased NB-IoT technologies on the commercial LTE network

09/01/2016 | By Netmanias

KT, in cooperation with Nokia, showcased some key 3GPP-based NB-IoT technologies on the commercial LTE network for the first time in the world on the 31st. NB-IoT is a LPWA technology using only 200 KHz bandwidth, and a solution designed specifically for small-volume data communication between things.

News on Korean regulations: The 4th Frequency Deliberation Committee (2) - Withdrawal of frequency in 3,400 - 3,700 MHz and allocation of new frequency

08/30/2016 | By Netmanias

The South Korean government deliberated on 'withdrawal of frequeny in 3,400 - 3,700 MHz' and 'allocation of new frequency' at the 4th Frequency Deliberation Committee held on the 24th.

News on Korean regulations: The 4th Frequency Deliberation Committee (1) - DTV channel rearrangement, frequency allocation for TVWS and the emerging ICT industry

08/29/2016 | By Netmanias

The South Korean government deliberated on DTV channel rearrangement, frequency allocation for TVWS and the emerging ICT industry at the 4th Frequency Deliberation Committee held on the 24th.

Sprint and Samsung take Three-Channel Carrier Aggregation into the Field with Live Demonstration in Chicago

08/29/2016 | By NETMANIAS

Today at Soldier Field in Chicago, Sprint (NYSE:S) and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. provided a look at what's next for the Sprint LTE Plus Network with the first live U.S. demonstration of three-channel carrier aggregation on Sprint's network. The demonstration reached peak download speeds of more than 230 Mbps running on Samsung's latest network infrastructure technology and hottest new devices including the Samsung Galaxy Note7, Galaxy S7, and Galaxy S7 edge.

SK Telecom teamed up with Intel to develop WebRTC-enabled IoT devices for real-time communication

08/25/2016 | By Netmanias

SK Telecom announced last week (on the 17th) that it had executed an MOU with Intel to co-develop IoT devices featuring a real-time communication solution at the Intel Developer Forum held in San Francisco, California.

SK Telecom unveiled ‘NV Array’, a 5G storage medium co-developed with Facebook

08/23/2016 | By Yongjoo Kim

SK Telecom announced on the 15th that it unveiled NV array, a next-generation storage medium for 5G mobile communication that it co-developed with Facebook, at Flash Memory Summit 2016 (FMS 2016), the world's largest event focused on flash memory solutions.