UHD TV Subscriptions in Korea reached 1.2 Million, accounting for 10% of Total IPTV Subscriptions

03/17/2016 | By NETMANIAS

UHD IPTV subscriptions marked steep growth, reaching 1.2 million in just one and half year since its launch in September 2014. As of February, LG U+, KT and SK Broadband, respectively, have 510,000, 480,000 and 200,000 UHD IPTV subscribers.

LG U+ is rolling out Enhanced 'tv G JikCam', a User-Created Channel

03/15/2016 | By NETMANIAS

LG U+ announced on the 13th that it has rolled out the world's one and only user-created channel 'tv G JikCam' service, now with enhanced remote connection and add friends features.

ITU-T FG on IMT-2020 approved KT's 5G Integrated Network Management Solutions

03/15/2016 | By NETMANIAS

KT said on the 13th that its documents on the 5G network management solution proposed in the 5th meeting of ITU-T FG on IMT-2020 were approved as draft recommendations for the world's first 5G wired and mobile integrated network management. With the approval, KT will likely continue to take the lead in global efforts for 5G standadization.

[MWC 2016] SK Telecom participates in MWC 2016

02/22/2016 | By NETMANIAS

SK Telecom announced its participation in the 2016 GSMA Mobile World Congress. Reflecting its strong determination of transforming itself as a platform company based on its unrivalled competitiveness in telecommunications, SK Telecom will be showcasing a wide variety of innovative technologies and services in the areas of Life Enhancement Platform, Media Platform and IoT Platform, along with industry-leading 5G enabling technologies.

Samsung Electronics delivers on Gigabit Wireless Promise of 5G: completes Successful 5G Mobile and Fixed Wireless Tests at Verizon Headquarters

02/22/2016 | By Soojung Lee

This week, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd concluded a series of successful mobile, fixed wireless and in-building penetration 5G wireless tests delivering multi-gigabit per second (Gbps) speeds at Verizon Headquarters, including live streaming of 360-degree virtual reality content using Samsung Gear VR.

[MWC 2016] SK Telecom unveils Innovative Media Technologies at MWC 2016

02/19/2016 | By NETMANIAS

SK Telecom today announced that it will display next-generation media platform and technologies, including ‘Mobile Social Broadcasting Platform,’ ‘Cloud Streaming,’ and ‘8K UHD Super Encoder’ at the Mobile World Congress 2016 being held at Barcelona, Spain.

[MWC 2016] KT - 'Global 5G Leader'

02/18/2016 | By Netmanias

KT will showcase its cutting-edge 5G technologies and integrated services under the theme of ‘Global 5G Leader‘ in the Mobile World Congress to be held from February 22nd through 25th.

KT's 5G Trials for World's First 5G Olympics

02/17/2016 | By Netmanias

Korean mobile operator KT showed the world how their mobile communiation network is getting ready for 5G Olympics to be held in a city named PyeongChang in 2018, conducting demonstrations of real-time 5G services like 'Hologram Live', 'Sync View', and more at its Kwanghwamoon building on February 15.

[MWC 2016] Samsung and Qualcomm to deliver Industry-Leading Small Cells supporting LTE in Unlicensed Spectrum

02/17/2016 | By NETMANIAS

Samsung Electronics and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, today announced their collaboration on small cell technologies and products supporting LTE in Unlicensed spectrum designed to enhance the speed and capacity of mobile networks – helping operators provide richer and superior user experiences for their subscribers.

Netvision Telecom, Korean Specialist in MPTCP Technologies, to present its MPTCP Gateway Solutions at MWC 2016

02/12/2016 | By NETMANIAS

Netvision Telecom, Korean Specialist in MPTCP Technologies, to present its MPTCP Gateway Solutions at MWC 2016. Netvision Telecom, Netmanias’ proud sponsor, will be exhibiting and presenting their latest solutions at MWC 2016. Let's take a peek at what they have to share with the world, in advance.

Samsung to deploy the World’s First 3GPP Standard based Public Safety LTE Solution in Korea

02/11/2016 | By NETMANIAS

First to provide end-to-end solution bringing more effective public safety communications

SK Telecom began building Korea's First Uplink CA Network, to be commercialized in 1H 2016

01/27/2016 | By NETMANIAS

On the 25th, SK Telecom released its plan to commercialize 2-band uplink carrier aggregation in the network to offer enhanced data upload speeds. In addition, the company plans to introduce other useful solutions, such as UL 64QAM and MC-PUSCH, all to achieve maximum upload speeds possible.

Verizon and Samsung launch 4G LTE Small Cell Solution for enhanced In-Building Coverage for Enterprise Customers

01/26/2016 | By NETMANIAS

Cost-effective 4G LTE Verizon Network Extender for Enterprise provides fast, reliable access to voice (VoLTE) and data service for business

The Subscription of KT's Gigabit Internet Service has exceeded 1,000,000 since its Nationwide Launch in October, 2014.

01/26/2016 | By NETMANIAS

Distributed Core Network for 5G demoed by SK Telecom and Nokia

01/21/2016 | By NETMANIAS

On January 11th, SK Telecom released the news that it succeeded in demonstration of Korea's first wired infra 5G technology, 'Distributed Core Network', in conjunction with Nokia.

SK Telecom demonstrates Interworking between Two Different IoT Standards at CES 2016

01/08/2016 | By NETMANIAS

SK Telecom today announced that it, together with Samsung Electronics. Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI), Atmel and Axstone successfully demonstrated interworking between heterogeneous Internet of Things (IoT) standards - i.e. oneM2M and Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC) standards - at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas, U.S.

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.