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Korean tech companies join local AI strategy council

The South Korean government expects the public sector’s AI adoption rate to rise from 55% to 80% The South Korean government has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) strategy council, in partnership with domestic tech firms including Naver and Kakao with the aim of developing AI...

Stage X to launch 5G network in Korea next year: Report

Stage X said it will deploy a total of 6,000 5G base stations nationwide South Korean company Stage X, which has been awarded spectrum that will enable it to be the nation's fourth mobile carrier, plans to launch nationwide mobile network services in the first...

Stage X becomes fourth mobile operator in South Korea

Stage X will launch its 5G network using spectrum in the 28 GHz band A local consortium dubbed Stage X has been selected as the new company to operate the spectrum in the 28 GHz band, effectively becoming the country’s fourth mobile carrier, local news...

South Korea launches local alliance to boost O-RAN ecosystem

SK Telecom, LG Uplus and KT are some of the members of the new O-RAN alliance in South Korea South Korea recently launched the Open RAN Industry Alliance (ORIA), a national body with the main aim of developing a domestic Open RAN (O-RAN) ecosystem in...

Korean telco KT inks private 5G deal with HFR

HFR's my5G solution is a pre-integrated private 5G system Korean ICT solutions provider HFR announced a collaboration with compatriot operator KT n to advance technology development, expand private 5G use cases and support digital transformation for small to medium-sized enterprises, local governments and public enterprises. This...

Korean government considers mmWave deployment incentives

The Korean government said that new operators will be given priority to use spectrum in the 28 GHz band for 5G services The South Korean government said it aims to provide more incentives to new operators to offer 5G services via spectrum in the 28...

KT to invest $5.4 billion in AI by 2025: Report

KT expects to expand its AI-related offerings in the fields of logistics, robots and healthcare Korean telco KT announced plans to invest KRW7 trillion ($5.4 billion) to develop a large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) system and expand AI-based services by 2025, Korean newspaper Korea JoongAng Daily...

KT, Docomo, Fujitsu and partners complete virtualized O-RAN test

The partners said they had also participated in the O-RAN Alliance's global plugfest for spring 2023 Asian companies KT, NTT Docomo and Fujitsu, together with SOLiD, Keysight Technologies and Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), said they have successfully conducted an interoperability test using virtualized...

South Korea reaches 30 million 5G subscribers in April

SK Telecom accounted for 47.8% of the total 5G subscribers in Korea 5G subscribers in South Korea reached 30 million as of the end of April, with the addition of 423,000 users during that month, local press reported, citing data from the country’s Ministry of...

Korean government cancels SK Telecom’s 28 GHz license

SK Telecom had been given the right to use the 28 GHz band in 2018 and was required to install a total of 15,000 units of network equipment by May this year South Korea's ICT ministry canceled a license owned by local carrier SK Telecom...

SK Telecom likely to return 28 GHz spectrum: Report

The Korean government previously said that SK Telecom had to install a total of 15,000 sites for its 28 GHz 5G network by the end of May Korean operator SK Telecom is likely to give up on its efforts to build a 5G network using...

Korean telco KT ends 2022 with 8.48 million 5G subscribers

KT Corp. already provided 5G coverage in 85 regions across South Korea Korean operator KT ended 2022 with a total of 8.48 million subscribers in the 5G segment, the telco said in its earnings statement. In the last quarter of 2022, the KT added around 521,000...

South Korea ends 2022 with over 28 million 5G subscribers

South Korea had ended 2021 with 20.9 million subscribers in the 5G segment South Korea ended last year with a total of 28.06 million 5G subscribers, an increase of nearly 600% compared to some 4.6 million in 2019, local press reported. According to the report, the...

Korean carrier LG Uplus ends 2022 with 6.1 million 5G subscribers

LG Uplus added a total of 1.48 million 5G subscribers during last year Korean operator LG Uplus ended the fourth quarter of 2022 with 6.11 million 5G subscribers, up 32.11% year-on-year, according to the company’s latest earnings statement. The telco added a total of 1.48 million...

South Korea plans to award 28 GHz spectrum to new entrant

The new operator will be the only service provider in the 28 GHz band during an initial three-year period in order to be able to secure its market position The Korean government announced plans to award spectrum in the 28 GHz band to a new...

South Korea officially cancels 28 GHz licenses: Report

The government of South Korea noted that the decision was made because carriers failed to deploy the 28 GHz radio stations that were required as part of the licensing The government of South Korea has effectively cancelled the spectrum licenses in the 28 GHz band...

Korean government to cancel 28 GHz spectrum allocations

The three operators in South Korea had secured frequencies in the 3.5 GHz and 28 GHz bands in 2018 The South Korean government said it will cancel the spectrum licenses in the 28 GHz band that was allocated to local operators for 5G deployments, citing...

Seoul concentrates 44% of the total 5G base stations in Korea

South Korea ended July with 25.1 million subscribers in the 5G segment Nearly half of 5G base stations in South Korea are concentrated in the greater Seoul area, while other regions in the country are lagging behind in terms of the deployment of base stations,...

KT completes construction of 5G network for urban air mobility

KT noted that this specific 5G network will be used in the first phase of the K-UAM Grand Challenge initiative   South Korean carrier KT said it has completed the construction and performance verification of a 5G network exclusively for urban air mobility (UAM). The Korean government...

Hyundai Mobis develops 5G module for automotive use

The 5G communication module combines a communication chip, memory, an RF circuit, and GPS   South Korean auto parts and mobility solution maker Hyundai Mobis has successfully developed a 5G communication module for automotive use, the firm said in a statement. The new 5G communication module for...

South Korea ends July with 25.1 million 5G subscribers

5G accounted for 33.3% of all mobile subscriptions in South Korea in July South Korea ended July with 25.1 million subscribers in the 5G segment, local press reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT. Local carriers in South Korea had initially launched 5G...

SK Telecom ends Q2 with 11.7 million 5G subscriber

SK Telecom recorded a net addition of 1.81 million 5G customers in H1 SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest telecom operator, ended the second quarter of the year with a total of 11.68 million subscribers in the 5G segment, up 51.8% year-on-year, the carrier said in...

LG Uplus secures additional spectrum to boost 5G in Korea

LG Uplus secured additional spectrum in the 3.4-3.42 GHz band Korean carrier LG Uplus secured an additional 20 megahertz of spectrum to use for 5G, according to Korean press reports. Last week, the Ministry of Science and ICT said it would allocate the 3.4-3.42 GHz frequency...

Korean government urges telcos to launch mid-tier 5G data plans

The total number of 5G subscribers in South Korea reached nearly 24 million in May South Korea’s Minister of Science and ICT Lee Jong-ho urged the country’s mobile carriers to introduce mid-tier 5G data plans during a meeting with the operator’s CEOs. During the minister’s first...