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KT's AI TV 'GiGA Genie' to trigger fierce competition in the market

When we talk about 5G, there is one phrase that everyone agrees and likes to say – 5G will not only enhance speeds, but also have every thing ‘connected’ and every industry ‘converged’. What underlies all of this 'keeping every thing connected' is IoT while what keeps industries converged is artificial intelligence (AI) that analyzes big data and derives in...

02/13/2017

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Chairman Hwang Chang Kyu to transform KT into a platform provider with over 20% of its...

Key businesses in the future: 5 key platforms - media, smart energy, enterprise/public value enhancement, financial transaction, safety New level of services and solutions driven by intelligent network and ICT capabilities Last week, at the ‘2017 New Year Strategies Workshop’, KT Chairman Hwang Chang Kyu unveiled a blueprint for the management strategies in his second te...

02/11/2017

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KT shaping IoST strategies - focusing on NB-IoT

In last November, KT, a South Korea-based telco, formed 'NB-IoT Alliance' with LG U+, aiming to launch NB-IoT service as early as Q1 2017. Later in the month, the company, apparently stimulated by SK Telecom who had just started LoRa-based, IoST-dedicated, commercial services, announced another plan to complete deployment of a nationwide NB-IoT network by June 2017 for faster entry to t...

02/03/2017

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KT opens up Home AI era with GiGA Genie, the world's first AI TV

Heon-moon Lim, the President of KT's Mass general business division, introducing GiGA Genie KT unveiled GiGA Genie, the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) TV set-top box (and also service) at a press conference held on the 17th. The company said the new device/service, developed based on network technologies grafted onto AI know-how it has long accumulated, will bring a ne...

01/30/2017

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2016 communication service quality evaluation - Average LTE speeds of 120.09 Mbps

On the 28th of last December, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) announced the results of '2016 communication service quality evaluation' mainly in two categories: Wireless Internet (LTE, 3G, WiBro, WiFi (Telco, Public)) and Wired Internet (Giga and high-speed divisions). ■ Wireless Internet Service LTE service, which includes '3Band LTE-A', 'Wid...

01/12/2017

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KT 5G Network Architecture (Update)

01/10/2017

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5G network technologies and future analyzed by South Korean telcos

On December 7th, "5G Network Technologies Workshop", co-hosted by 5G Forum and SDN/NFV Forum, was held in Novotel Ambassador Kangnam Hotel in Seoul, Korea. At the workshop, panels including Jinhyo Park (Head of Network Technology R&D Center at SK Telecom), Eun Kyung Paik (SVP at KT) and Kyung In Kwon (SVP at Ericsson-LG), gave presentations about "5G Network Technologies and Future", specifical...

01/02/2017

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KT to launch 5G network for PyeongChang Winter Olympic by September 2017

On December 13, KT held a press conference, sharing the results of "PyeongChang 5G" field tests and introducing 5G-based media services that would offer even more enjoyable and realistic viewing experiences. KT 5G Roadmap The company aims to build a network based on 'PyeongChang 5G specifications (aka KT 5G-SIG specifications)' by September 2017 to get ready to launch the worl...

12/21/2016

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KT’s 5G Strategies: Progresses, System/Device, Service and Key Technologies so far

Last month, KT, on its website, announced ‘KT 5G-SIG specifications’ as official specifications for 5G trial service to be launched during the PyeongChang Winter Olympic event, and shared its 5G strategies. All ten 5G radio access specifications shared were co-developed with KT’s partners, Samsung, Ericsson, Nokia, Intel and Qualcomm. With the world’s first common sp...

12/17/2016

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LTE Frequency Commercialization Status in Korea (2011 - 2016)

12/16/2016

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Korea Communication Review, December 2016

Table of Contents 01 - 02 | KT's TV Service Revenue quickly catching up with Internet Service Revenue 03 - 07 | SK Telecom's First Commercial LoRa Service and Other IoT Services presented at 'IoT Korea Exhibition 2016' 08 | SK Broadband demoed the World's First 40Gbps Internet Service 09 | KT’s GiGA Wire using Copper Line at 1Gbps connects the World, moving beyond...

12/03/2016

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Korea Communication Market Data: IPTV 2016 Q3

The content, Korea Mobile Communications Market Data: IPTV 2017 Q3 is updated to "Pay TV market in South Korea: IPTV, Cable TV and Satellite TV", which is published in December 14 2017. Source Data: MSIP, KISDI, KCTA, KT, SK Broadband, LG U+, CJ Hellovision

11/29/2016

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Korea Communication Market Data: IPTV 2016 Q3

The report, Korea Mobile Communications Market Report Q2 2017 is updated to "Pay TV market in South Korea: IPTV, Cable TV and Satellite TV", which is published in December 14 2017. Table of Contents 1. Pay TV Subscribers (2007 – 2016.Q3) 2. Pay TV Subscribers by Operator (2016.Q3) 3. IPTV Subscribers by Operator (2006 – 2016.Q3) 4. IPTV Subscription Rate (2006 &n...

11/29/2016

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KT's TV Service Revenue quickly catching up with Internet Service Revenue

[KT's TV Service Revenue quickly catching up with Internet Service Revenue] High-speed Internet, once South Korean wired network operators' best performing sector, has long been experiencing stagnation in sales. To overcome this, the operators introduced IPTV services (live channels, VoD) that take advantage of the broadband Internet networks in 2009. They began with no more tha...

11/28/2016

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Korea Communication Market Data: Broadband and Gigabit Internet 2016 Q3

Download PDF file Source Data: MSIP, KISDI, KCTA, KT, SK Broadband, LG U+, CJ Hellovision

11/22/2016

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Korea Communication Market Data: Broadband and Gigabit Internet 2016 Q3

Table of Contents 1. Broadband History in Korea (1999 – 2016.Q3) 2. Fiber Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (2015.Q4) 3. Average Connection Speed by Country (2016.Q2) 4. Broadband Penetration (% of HH) (2007 – 2016.Q3) 5. Broadband Penetration (% of Population) (2007 – 2016.Q3) 6. Broadband Subscribers by Access Network (2006 – 2016.Q3) 7. Broadband Subscribers by O...

11/22/2016

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Korea Communication Market Data: MOBILE 2016 Q3

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11/21/2016

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Korea Communication Market Data: MOBILE 2016 Q3

Table of Contents 1. Korea, the Hottest Mobile Market in the World 2011 - 2016.Q3 2. LTE to Mobile Subscriber Penetration 2011 - 2016.Q3 3. Mobile Connections by Technology Generation 2007 - 2016.Q3 4. Device Types 2016.Q3 5. Monthly Traffic Growth 2012 - 2016.Q3 6. Monthly Traffic per Device 2012 - 2016.Q3 7. Mobile Traffic Composition 2013 - 20...

11/21/2016

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KT opened PyeongChang 5G center equipped with 5G-SIG-based base station/device and serv...

Ericsson UE (right) and BBU (left) KT announced on the 17th that it opened the PyeongChang 5G Center in Alpensia Ski Jumping Center for successful provision of 5G trial services in 2018. Equipped with a variety of 5G network equipment and devices like 5G-SIG standard-compliant base stations and antennas co-developed with global leading vendors, the center will serve as a communication cente...

11/18/2016

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