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KT opened 5G R&D center with 6 Global Mobile Vendors

KT 4K UHD IPTV Services

07/16/2015

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KT, an ICT industry leader in Korea who has just commercialized GiGA LTE only a month ago, announced on the 9th that it now opened 5G R&D Center, equipped with the latest network equipment and professionals from global leading vendors, at its Woomyon Research Center in Seoul, to take the lead in development of 5G ecosystem around the world. Two months ago in May, the company executed MoUs...

07/16/2015

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Commercialization Status of LTE-LTE and LTE-WiFi Carrier Aggregation in Korea (June 30,...

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07/10/2015

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KT's GiGA Wire approved as an International Standard at ITU-T Meeting

KT announced on the 10th that its GiGA Wire technology, a telephone line-based Internet technology, was recently approved as an international standard at an ITU-T meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland. Technologies developed in accordance with international standards and applied accordingly are registered as official Technical Paper if approved by ITU-T. So, the approval of GiGA Wire tech...

07/10/2015

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Korea Communication Review, Q3 2015

Table of Content LG U+ achieved 600 Mbps in its Second LTE-U Demonstration We had a chance to discuss with a member of LG U+ Access Network Development Team who conducted the LTE-U demonstration last month. Below we will briefly review what we learned from him about their LTE-U demonstration, target areas, and commercialization plan, one at a time....

07/10/2015

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KT demoed Dual Connectivity - Data Transmission Speeds and Base Station Capacity boosted

Now operators can boost both data transmission speeds and transmission reliability by having data transmitted from two LTE base stations at the same time. KT announced on the 8th that it successfully demonstrated an interworking technology between base stations called Dual Connectivity in partnership with Ericsson. Previously, base stations could interwork with each other only in the ways...

07/08/2015

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4K UHD VoD contents provided by Korean Big 3 Telco (June 30, 2015)

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07/02/2015

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Korea Telco Market 2015

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06/30/2015

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KT IPTV (4K UHD) Service (4): 4K UHD VoD

KT IPTV (4K UHD) Service (1) UHD Live TV (2) 'Most Popular Channels Now' (9-Channel View) (3) 4-channel View (4) UHD VoD Success or failure of UHD service lies in how much UHD contents the service provided can offer. Being well aware of that, KT has gradually secured more contents, for example, through upscaling of Full HD movies to UHD quality (e.g. 'The Admiral: Roarin...

06/30/2015

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A Generation Where ‘GiGA Internet is connected through a Phone Line’ Is starting…There...

A Generation where GiGA speed Internet is used through a copper landline is starting. It is predicted that this technology is rapidly developing due to preparation of standard for global technologies. It is forecasted that Very-high-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) service, which takes up 9% of all internet subscribers, will be changed rapidly. It is also predicted that GiGA Korea that...

06/24/2015

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KT’s GiGA LTE, World’s First Commercial Wireless 1 Giga (3-band CA + GiGA WiFi)

KT announced that it succeeded in commercialization of the world’s first wireless 1 Giga service, called “GiGA LTE". The service is known to have achieved speeds 15 times faster than the current LTE, through combining two heterogeneous networks: LTE and WiFi. Previously, the company has released “GiGA Internet” in October 2014, and “GiGA WiFi Home” in March 2...

06/17/2015

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KT IPTV (olleh GiGA UHD tv) Service (3): 4-channel View

KT IPTV (4K UHD) Service (1) UHD Live TV (2) 'Most Popular Channels Now' (9-Channel View) (3) 4-channel View (4) UHD VoD KT also offers 4-channel view service. This service is pretty similar to LG U+'s and has the following two options: Operator-selected channels: Offers a set of 4 channels selected by operator (sports, shopping, over-the-air and movies). User-selected...

06/06/2015

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KT Skylife Commercializes World’s First 3 UHD Channels - Opens UHD Multi-Channel Genera...

KT Skylife started broadcasting 3 UHD channels. This is the first time when 3 UHD channels including local and cable channels are delivered at the same time. Other platform businesses such as cable channels and IPTV will immediately plan on retaliation, and a fight to lure UHD product members will arise from this. KT Skylife (CEO Lee Nam Ki) announced that it will start ‘broadcasting of...

06/03/2015

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KT IPTV (4K UHD) Service (2): 'Most Popular Channels Now' (9-Channel View)

KT IPTV (4K UHD) Service (1) UHD Live TV (2) 'Most Popular Channels Now' (9-Channel View) (3) 4-channel View (4) UHD VoD You probably have been switching channels, looking for something interesting to watch, until you finally settle down for one. For viewers like you, KT offers a new way of selecting channels through a service called "Most Popular Channels Now". At the company...

06/03/2015

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4K UHD VoD services of Korean IPTV service providers

05/30/2015

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KT IPTV (4K UHD) Service (1): Live TV

KT IPTV (4K UHD) Service (1) UHD Live TV (2) 'Most Popular Channels Now' (9-Channel View) (3) 4-channel View (4) UHD VoD KT launched the world's first UHD IPTV service in September 2014. Now it has over 100,000 subscribers as of April 2015, closing trailing LG U+ who has attracted around 125,000 UHD subscribers over the same period of time. What differentiates KT's UHD...

05/30/2015

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4K UHD Live TV service of Korean IPTV service providers (May 2015)

05/29/2015

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Hear from CTOs of Korean Telcos (1) KT: Dr. Dongmyun Lee 'Leading 5G through wired/wire...

For the rest of the Q3 2015 issue of Korea Communication Review magazine please click here Hear from CTO of Korean Telcos ► 1. Dr. Dongmyun Lee, CTO of KT: Leading 5G through wired/wireless Integration 2. Mr. Changwoo Lee, CTO of LG U+: LG U+'s Mobile Network Evolution Strategies 3. Dr. Jingsung Choi, CTO of SK Telecom: SK Telecom's 5G Evolution Strategies...

05/13/2015

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KT to initialize Korea’s Smart Energy Technology in Uzbekistan

KT to initialize Korea’s smart energy technology in Uzbekistan. KT’s smart energy capability enters overseas expansion. KT (CEO Hwang Chang-Gyu, www.kt.com) announced on the 11th of May that it has concluded the Advanced Electricity Metering development project with Uzbekenergo, Uzbekistan’s power authority, the value of which is about $101 million (₩1.2 billion.) The proj...

05/12/2015

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