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On February 15th, with the MWC 2016 just one week away, KT, the official telecom operator of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, showed the world how much progress KT has made...
Dr. Michelle M. Do @ Netmanias
Tech-Blog
4G → 5G Evolution: D-RAN → C-RAN → NFV, SDN → Network Slicing
Dr. Harrison J. Son
One-Shot Gallery
First of all a Next-Generation Mobile Core (NGMC) should not be designed to support only the 5G Radio Access Network (5G RAN). Korea Telecom’s 5G strategy is for example clearl...
Thierry Van de Velde @ Alcatel-Lucent
Tech-Blog
Huawei’s “Application Dependent Networking” (ADN) is a severely flawed and totally unjustified idea in which a core network slice is spawned per application, whereas it is in th...
Thierry Van de Velde @ Alcatel-Lucent
Tech-Blog
LTE/Wi-Fi Multipath Aggregation | 5G PoC Status in Korea | Mobile Network Architecture for 5G Era - New C-RAN Architecture and Distributed 5G Core | 5G Network as Envisioned by...
Netmanias
Reports
With 5G being actively discussed everywhere, Network Slicing certainly is one of the most discussed technologies these days. Network operators like KT, SK Telecom, China Mobile,...
Dr. Harrison J. Son and Chris Yoo @ Netmanias
Tech-Blog
As KT's big picture of 5G is getting pretty clear over time, it would be worthwhile to look into it based on what has been shared so far.
Dr. Harrison J. Son and Dr. Michelle M. Do @ Netmanias
Tech-Blog
SK Telecom's 5G Architecture Design & Implementation Guidelines
5G Tech Lab, Corporate R&D Center, SK telecom
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Last Updated: 2023.03.06

 

 
5G COMPARISON
 
 
 

Comparison of Commercial 5G Network Architecture: KT vs. SK Telecom

Last Updated: 2019.10.11

 
SKT Commercial 5G Network 
 
 
 

Last Updated: 2019.10.11

 

 

 
KT Commercial 5G Network 
 
 
 

Last Updated: 2019.06.13

 

 

 

 
5G PROGRESS in KOREA (~ 2018)
 
 
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Analysis of Global 5G Development (2) - Korea: KT

• Published : 2017.03.20

 

 

 
 
     
 

Analysis of Global 5G Development (1) - 5G Standardization so far

• Published : 2017.03.06

 

 

 

 

 

 
5G NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
 
 
 

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Samsung and Qualcomm Achieve Industry-First Power Class 1 Validation for 5G Fixed Wireless Access on Virtualized RAN

Samsung today announced a significant advancement in Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) technology, successfully validating 5G Power Class 1 (PC1) capabil...

05/07/2026

KT Launches Korea’s First iPhone 5G Standalone (SA) Service

KT announced on the 26th that it will become the first operator in Korea to provide 5G Standalone (SA) services on iPhones. KT previously commercia...

03/26/2026

Everged and Betacom Partner with Alabama Mobility & Power Center at The University of Alabama to Establish Launch First-of-its-Kind, Cyber-Secure 5G ORAN Innovation Testbed Driving Next-Generation Energy, AI, and Industrial IOT

Everged, a leader in alternative energy and smart power solutions, and Betacom, a pioneer in stand-alone private wireless networks, today announced...

10/14/2025

KT, First in Korea to Commercially Validate AI-RAN… Accelerating Network Innovation

KT announced on the 26th that it has begun validating AI-RAN technology on its commercial 5G network. AI-RAN is a next-generation communication tec...

08/26/2025

Newgens Launches Korea’s First AI-RAN-Based Private 5G Network Trial at Gimpo Airport

On August 22, Newgens announced that it had been selected on July 30 as the lead organization for the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT)–affiliated...

08/22/2025

HFR, 5G Core Shared Private 5G Network Construction for the Spread of ICT Convergence Manufacturing Operating Systems in South Korea

HFR announced that it has supplied a core shared private 5G end-to-end solution for cloud-native implementation in collaboration with SK Networks S...

07/15/2025

LG U+ has commercialized private 5G for Airport Railroad, marking the first such deployment among Korean railway operators

LG U+ announced on the 15th that it has commercialized private 5G for the first time among domestic railway operators at the Airport Railroad, layi...

07/15/2025

Sungkyunkwan University Opens First 5G Private Network on a University Campus Using HFR’s Private 5G Solution

Sungkyunkwan University, in collaboration with KT, is set to become the first university in South Korea to fully deploy 5G private network infrastr...

07/04/2025

Orange France and Samsung Establish a Strategic Partnership Focused on vRAN and Open RAN with a First Pilot in the Field

Samsung Electronics and Orange France, one of Europe’s leading telecommunications operators, announced the companies have successfully completed th...

07/03/2025

Vodafone Idea Launches 5G Commercial Service in Bengaluru with Samsung’s Versatile Solutions

Samsung powers Vi’s 2G, 4G and 5G commercial networks in Bengaluru, Chandigarh and Patna with its industry-leading solutions, bringing advanced con...

06/11/2025

HFR successfully interfaces Radio Unit (RU) with SK Telecom's Open RAN Demonstration Network

Networking specialist HFR recently announced that it has successfully demonstrated its Radio Unit (RU) based on an open fronthaul interface in coll...

04/18/2025

AP Satellite and HFR Sign MOU for 5G-Based Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Communication Collaboration

AP Satellite announced on the 6th that it had signed a MOU with HFR at MWC 2025 to cooperate on a 5G-based terrestrial and non-terrestrial communic...

03/15/2025