2015 Communication Service Quality Evaluation in Korea - Average LTE Speed, 117 Mbps

12/31/2015 | By NETMANIAS

The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) of South Korea released on the 30th the results of ‘2015 communication service quality evaluation’. The nation’s average LTE speeds were recorded at 117.51 Mbps, up from the last year’s Broadband LTE-A (3X LTE) speeds of 114.4 Mbps, thanks to 3Band LTE-A (4X LTE) service launched earlier this year.

Daliworks Integrates IoT Cloud Service Thing+ into Qualcomm Wi-Fi Solution for the IoT Business

12/11/2015 | By Daliworks

Daliworks, a Korean IoT platform service company, today announced that it is integrating its Thing+ Cloud platform onto the QCA4002 Wi-Fi® solution and development platforms from Qualcomm, creating added value for devices that use Wi-Fi to connect to the Internet of Things (IoT).

SK Telecom and Nokia Networks enter MOU for Joint Research in NB-IoT

12/09/2015 | By NETMANIAS

SK Telecom today announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Nokia Networks to jointly research and develop narrowband IoT(NB-IoT) communication technologies.

Samsung demoed SDN-enabled EPC co-developed with SK Telecom

12/07/2015 | By NETMANIAS

Samsung announced that it has successfully demonstrated the capabilities of Telco Software-Defined Networking (SDN) in a proof of concept (PoC) test deployment with SK Telecom.

SK Telecom and Intel teamed up for faster 5G virtualization

12/05/2015 | By NETMANIAS

SK Telecom and Intel are teaming up to secure Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV), two key underlying technologies in 5G communication, with the aim of addressing deceleration issues encountered in virtualized networks.

LG U+ showcased giga LTE using 4-band CA

11/23/2015 | By

LG U+ confirmed on the 23rd that it conducted a demonstration of giga LTE, successfully achieving up to speeds of 1.2 Gbps using LTE only. The company is planning to launch giga LTE service around the same time giga LTE-capable devices arrive in the market.

Commercialization of inter-operator VoLTE service opens VoLTE era

11/22/2015 | By NETMANIAS

The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) announced on the 22nd that Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service developed through interworking among the Korean big 3 operators will be fully commercialized on the 23rd.

SK Telecom, getting ready to commercialize 5-time faster, 3-band CA

11/18/2015 | By An, Hochun

SK Telecom began working on commercialization of 3-band CA, known to support up to 375 Mbps - 5 times faster LTE. The service can be launched as early as sometime in the first half of next year, depending on how relevant policies on 2.1 GHz spectrum are finalized by the Korean government.

SK Telecom Wins 2016 CES Innovation Awards

11/13/2015 | By NETMANIAS

SK Telecom today announced that its UO Smart Beam Laser has been named a 2016 CES Innovation Awards Honoree in the Home Video/Audio Components and Accessories category.

Opening of 100% LTE - Mobile Telecommunication Businesses Finish VoLTE Linkage

11/11/2015 | By An, Hochun

Generation of 100% LTE that has data and voice-calling use LTE is finally here. Clear quality of sound that is almost identical to original sound, fast connection and new additional services are expected.

Quantum Mobile, Sejong Telecom, and K Mobile compete for 4th Mobile Telecommunication Business in Korea

11/06/2015 | By An, Hochun

Ministry of Science, ICP and Future Planning (MSIP) had made an announcement on the 30th that it had received applications from 3 corporations Quantum Mobile, Sejong Mobile, and K Mobile after finishing its application process, which had lasted for 2 months since 31st of August, for approval to become a common carrier and for frequency allocation.

KT & Nokia present World's First 'Ultra-low-delay eMBMS' delivering HD Video in 1 Second

11/04/2015 | By NETMANIAS

In the demonstration held at the Nokia Research Center in Munich, Germany, KT confirmed that it took less than 1 second for HD video clips sent from HD cameras to be played back on smartphones.

SK Telecom buys CJ HelloVision and will emerge with SK Broadband in April of 2016

11/03/2015 | By Yoon, Heeseok

SK Telecom is buying the control of CJ Hello Vision that is a number 1 business in cable TV. After securing the control of CJ Hello Vision, it is heard that it will emerge with SK Broadband in April of 2016. It seems that it will cost SK Telecom between $1.32 billion and $1.75 billion (1.5 trillion KRW to 2 trillion KRW) to buy CJ Hello Vision.

SK Telecom to acquire Stake in CJ Hellovision

11/03/2015 | By NETMANIAS

SK Telecom announced that its Board of Directors held a meeting today and decided to acquire CJ O Shopping's 30 percent stake in CJ Hellovision for KRW 500 billion.

SK Telecom and Nokia Networks achieve 19.1 Gbps over the Air in Joint 5G Trial

10/30/2015 | By NETMANIAS

SK Telecom and Nokia Networks together demonstrated Nokia Networks’ cmWave technology, setting a new milestone that adds momentum to the standardization of 5G technologies. In a joint 5G trial in South Korea, the two companies achieved 19.1 Gbps transmission speed over the air using 256 QAM, 8x8 MIMO transmission and 400 MHz of bandwidth.

SK Telecom opens 5G Playground to lead Innovation towards 5G Commercialization

10/29/2015 | By NETMANIAS

SK Telecom today held a press conference to announce the opening of ‘5G Playground,’ an integrated innovation center for development of 5G technologies and use cases, at its Corporate R&D Center located in Bundang, Korea. During the press conference, SK Telecom also unveiled plans to launch a 5G trial service in 2017.

KT presents 'Transport-SDN solution' in Germany, ready for Commercialization in 1H 2016

10/29/2015 | By NETMANIAS

KT announced on the 14th that it presented its new solution 'transport SDN' at the ‘SDN & OpenFlow World Congress’ held in Dusseldorf, Germany, catching visitors' eyes and receiving favorable evaluation.

The Subscription of KT's Gigabit Internet Service has exceeded 700,000 in just One Year since its Nationwide Launch in October, 2014.

10/23/2015 | By NETMANIAS

Internet subscribers: 8,288,753
GiGA Internet subscribers: 700,000 (8.4% of KT's Internet subscribers)

SK Telecom and Ericsson demonstrated World's First 5G Network Slicing Technology

10/23/2015 | By NETMANIAS

SK Telecom announced on October 22 that it, jointly with Ericsson, has successfully demonstrated 5G network slicing technology for the first time in the world.

DASAN launches G.fast to accelerate Gigabit Service

10/20/2015 | By NETMANIAS

DASAN Networks, a global network solution provider in Korea announced that it has completed development of G.fast technology that enables gigabit speeds over copper infrastructure.