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Pay TV market in South Korea: IPTV, Cable TV and Satellite TV - December 2017

KOREAN ICT Research Report of Netmanias.com Pay TV market in South Korea IPTV, Cable TV and Satellite TV - December 2017 This market research report presents a comprehensive information of the Pay TV market in South Korea: platforms (Cable, satellite and IPTV), providers (KT, SK Broadband, LG U+, Skylife, CJ, t-broad, etc.), subscribers (Digit...

12/14/2017

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Pay TV market in Korea - Brief summary

This article is part of Netmanias report, "Pay TV market in South Korea: IPTV, Cable TV and Satellite TV", which was publieshed in December 14 2017. Click here to view the full report. Since the launch of cable TV service in 1995, its first pay TV service, Korea saw more pay TV services joining the market - satellite TV in 2002 and IPTV in 2009....

12/12/2017

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Pay TV subscriber growth and market share in Korea - by provider (2008-2016)

This chart is part of Netmanias report, "Pay TV market in South Korea: IPTV, Cable TV and Satellite TV", which was published in December 14 2017. Click here to view the full report.

11/26/2017

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South Korean government finalized amended NB-IoT standards aiming to launch the world's...

The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP), a South Korean government authority, announced the finalized technological standards for Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) commercialization on March 31th. KT and LG U+ plan to begin deployment of an NB-IoT network and launch a trial service starting from April, with an aim to launch commercial services in June. South Korea will become the firs...

04/24/2017

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SK Telecom LTE Network Architecture and Ecosystem

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03/31/2016

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KT LTE and Broadband Network Architecture and Ecosystem

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03/31/2016

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Verizon and Samsung launch 4G LTE Small Cell Solution for enhanced In-Building Coverage...

Verizon Enterprise Solutions and the Networks Division of Samsung Electronics America, Inc. today announced immediate availability of the 4G LTE Network Extender for Enterprise designed to enhance indoor wireless coverage for the enterprise. Verizon's 4G LTE Network Extender for Enterprise uses Samsung's innovative small cell technology to deliver a 4G LTE solution for organizations...

01/26/2016

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Quantum Mobile, Sejong Telecom, and K Mobile compete for 4th Mobile Telecommunication B...

With the right to become 4th mobile telecommunication business in place, Quantum Mobile, Sejong Telecom, and K Mobile are competing against each other. Ministry of Science, ICP and Future Planning (MSIP) had made an announcement on the 30th that it had received applications from 3 corporations Quantum Mobile, Sejong Mobile, and K Mobile after finishing its application process, which had laste...

11/06/2015

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5G network as envisioned by KT - Analysis of KT's 5G network architecture

I recently heard someone in the industry saying "While LG U+'s Vice President Sang-chul Lee is into IoT, KT's Chairman Chang-kyu Hwang is so into 5G. Whatever solution you propose, if it is for KT, it has to have "5G" in its title to, at least, get attention." Of the Korea's big 3 operators, KT has been most aggressive in sharing its strategies, network architecture, core technologi...

11/03/2015

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SK Telecom opens 5G Playground to lead Innovation towards 5G Commercialization

SK Telecom Opens 5G Playground to Lead Innovation towards 5G Commercialization Establishes 5G Playground, an integrated innovation center for development of 5G technologies and services Successfully achieved 19.1Gbps transmission speed over the air Showcased diverse futuristic services including 4K live broadcast system and AR/VR services Published ‘SK Telecom’s 5G Architectur...

10/29/2015

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KT 5G Network Architecture

Since 2014, KT has shaped its 5G vision, specifically strategies, network architecture, and key technologies for the new era, providing a clearer vision for 5G over time. According to what has been released so far, the company's big picture for 5G can be painted as follows:

10/15/2015

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Controversy about Auction for 2.1 GHz Frequency becomes More and More Interesting as 3...

Mobile telecommunication industries are predicting that an all-out war will take place with 2.1 GHz bandwidth frequency that is expected to be auctioned in first half of 2016 on the line. While some are arguing that all of 100 MHz need to be auctioned, some are counter-arguing that all of it needs to be reallocated. Consumptive controversy is expected if a clear standard of dividing frequency i...

10/07/2015

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Mobile Network Architecture for 5G Era - New C-RAN Architecture and Distributed 5G Core

It's been only a year and a half since we excitedly introduced the Evolution of Mobile RAN Architecture in LTE/LTE-A Era (C-RAN) last April. And today we are discussing the same for 5G era already. Key transitions from 3G to 4G included i) network architecture change from coverage-based to capacity-based, and ii) introduction of new 4G element, X2 interface. Specifically, cells became s...

10/06/2015

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Chairman Hwang Chang Kyu of KT says that KT will lead 4th Industry Revolution with its...

Chairman Hwang Chang Kyu of KT put out telecommunication-edition of ‘Hwang’s Law’ and declared that it will lead South Korea’s 4th industry revolution with ‘intelligent giga-infra’ and ‘ICT convergence’ as revolution’s key words. KT will invest $10.9 billion (13 trillion KRW) until 2020. “We’ve been working hard for last year...

09/24/2015

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5G POC (Test, Trial) Status in Korea

09/18/2015

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LG U+ and Nokia: CA and pooling demonstration using vRAN and commercial smartphone

With 5G service scheduled to arrive in 2018, LG U+ and Nokia presented a new technology that can connect both 4G Remote Radio Head (RRH) and 5G RRH to one Digital Unit (DU), at the Nokia headquarters on the 16th. The technology is known to accelerate introduction of a next-generation base station platform, virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN). The new vRAN makes resource pooling more effic...

09/16/2015

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KT's E2E 4G LTE and FTTH Network Architecture

09/04/2015

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MSIP is going to realign 800 MHz by 2018 and change it to Mobile Communication or IoT-P...

Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP), a ministry of the Government of South Korea, is going to collect bandwidth of 800 MHz National Convergence Network (Frequency Common Communication TRS method), which is used by railroads, police departments, and fire departments, by 2018 and use it for mobile communication or IoT. Its goal is to solve increase of communication traffic and...

09/02/2015

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