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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...

LG Uplus said it added 980,000 5G subscribers during 2023 Korean operator LG Uplus ended the fourth quarter of 2023 with 7.04 million 5G subscribers, up 16.2% year-on-year, according to the company’s latest earnings statement. The telco added a total of 980,000 5G subscribers during 2023,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

SK Telecom and Joby Aviation discussed cooperation for participation in Phase 1 of the K-UAM Grand Challenge Korean carrier SK Telecom and Joby Aviation, a U.S. urban air mobility (UAM) company had talks with the aim of strengthening their cooperation, Korean news service Business Korea...

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...

LG Uplus will provide cloud-based services using artificial intelligence tools under a subscription model to help small business customers reduce initial investment costs South Korea's third largest operator, LG Uplus, announced plans to work with automation company Fanuc to develop a smart factory platform to...

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...

LG Uplus noted that the new offering is part of its long-term strategy to transform into a digital platform service provider   LG Uplus, South Korea's third-largest wireless operator, recently unveiled its new artificial intelligence (AI) services, local news agency Yonhap reported. The new offering is part...

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,...

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 said that the UAM pilot will be carried out in Jeju, one of South Korea’s main tourist attractions   An urban air mobility consortium led by Korean carrier SK Telecom and Hanwha Systems has inked a partnership with the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province with...

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 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...

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...

South Korea was the first country to launch commercial 5G networks in April 2019 and currently has 5G coverage across its 85 cities The total number of 5G subscribers in South Korea reached nearly 24 million in May, Korean press reported, citing data from the...