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Korean telco SK Telecom looks ahead to 6G

SK Telecom said that it is working to lead the early 6G standardization and technology ecosystem through collaboration with diverse overseas partners Korean telco SK Telecom has released a 6G white paper that focuses on the key requirements for 6G standardization and the telco's views...

Global carriers form alliance to boost innovation in the AI field

The carriers will jointly develop the Telco AI Platform by combining their respective technologies and capabilities SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, e& and Singtel have formed the Global Telco AI Alliance, with the main aim of creating a new customer experience through the use of AI...

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...

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...

SK Telecom boosts microwave capacity with 80 GHz spectrum

SK Telecom plans to increase the scope of its use of microwave bands in the islands off South Korea's coast Korean carrier SK Telecom unveiled frequency-combining technology using the 11 GHz and 80 GHz spectrum bands with the aim of delivering high-capacity microwave communication to...

SK Telecom ends Q1 with 14.14 million 5G subscribers

During 2022, SK Telecom recorded a net addition of 3.5 million 5G customers SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest telecom operator, ended the first quarter of the year with a total of 14.14 million subscribers in the 5G segment, up 5.6% from 13.4 million in the...

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...

SK Telecom doubles performance of Titan supercomputer

The supercomputer size has been expanded to 1,040 Nvidia A100 GPUs, for a performance of 17.1 petaflops South Korea’s SK Telecom (SKT) has doubled the performance of its Titan supercomputer, which was first launched as a beta in May 2022. Titan is the intelligence behind...

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...

SK Telecom ends 2022 with 13.4 million 5G subscribers

SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest telecom operator, ended the fourth quarter of the year with a total of 13.4 million subscribers in the 5G segment, up from 12.5 million in the previous quarter, the carrier said in its earnings statement. During last year, SK Telecom...

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...

SK Telecom, Joby Aviation aims to boost UAM cooperation

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...

Singtel and SK Telecom host metaverse event in Singapore

The event, Destination:ifland, was just the first part of a larger series called The Meta Guide Singtel and SK Telecom (SKT) held a joint metaverse event where attendees designed digital avatars and then participated in various activities. The experience, called "Destination:ifland", took place at the...

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...

SK Telecom inks metaverse agreement with Singtel

SK Telecom has recently announced the launch of its metaverse platform in 49 countries and regions South Korea’s largest telco, SK Telecom, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Asian communications technology group, Singtel, to jointly grow their metaverse businesses in some Asian markets,...

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...

NTT DoCoMo, SK Telecom ink 6G, metaverse partnership

NTT DoCoMo and SKT will align their concepts and timelines for the early deployment of 6G Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo announced an agreement with Korean telecommunications operator SK Telecom (SKT) to collaborate on the enhancement of their respective "smart-life businesses" and as well as communications...

SK Telecom ends Q3 with 12.47 million 5G subscribers

During the first three quarter of the year, SK Telecom recorded a net addition of 2.59 million 5G customers SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest telecom operator, ended the third quarter of the year with a total of 12.47 million subscribers in the 5G segment, up...

SK Telecom unveils strategy to become an AI company

Last year, SK Telecom rearranged its business into five different groups, namely fixed and mobile telecommunications, media, enterprise, AIVERSE (AI+Universe), and connected intelligence   South Korea’s largest telco, SK Telecom, aims to become an artificial intelligence (AI) company, the telco’s CEO Ryu Young-sang said during a...

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...