Meet Quantum, SK Telecom’s new brand for 5G
11/22/2016 | By Yunhee Son
The new brand, 'Quantum' will be used in marketing of SK Telecom’s key 5G network technologies, products and services to be arriving soon, like pricing plans, IoT network, connected car, quantum cryptography communication, etc.
11/16/2016 | By Netmanias
KT and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) (Department Head Jeong Gi-seok, www.cdc.go.kr) made a joint announcement. From November 16th, a blocking infectious disease from abroad service would be provided using roaming big data, starting with KT customers.
Samsung Electronics to acquire HARMAN, accelerating Growth in Automotive and Connected Technologies
11/14/2016 | By Soojung Lee
Samsung Electronics and Harman International Industries, Incorporated today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Samsung will acquire HARMAN for $112.00 per share in cash, or total equity value of approximately $8.0 billion.
SK Telecom’s UO Smart Beam Laser NX Wins CES Innovation Awards 2017
11/11/2016 | By Netmanias
SK Telecom today announced that its UO Smart Beam Laser NX has been named 2017 CES Innovation Awards Honorees in two different categories of ‘Home Audio/Video Components and Accessories’ and ‘Portable Media Players and Accessories’.
SK Telecom Joins 5G Automotive Association
11/07/2016 | By Soojung Lee
SK Telecom today announced that it has become a member of 5G Automation Association (5GAA), a global cross-industry association of companies from the telecommunications and automotive industries.
Samsung ARTIK™ Smart IoT Platform Delivers the Power of IoT Development to Businesses
10/26/2016 | By Netmanias
Samsung Electronics today introduced its expanded SAMSUNG ARTIK™ Smart Internet of Things (IoT) platform featuring two new module families, ARTIK 0 and ARTIK 7, new device management capabilities in SAMSUNG ARTIK™ Cloud and an expanded partner ecosystem.
10/10/2016 | By Dr. Michelle M. Do
KT’s Chairman Chang-Gyu Hwang delivered a special speech last month at Harvard Business School on ‘Power of the Network’, introducing the company’s GiGAtopia (KT’s Forward Looking Strategy) along with details of its network innovation, and highlighting the infinite possibilities that can be brought by the next-generation network.
Samsung to acquire Viv, the Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Platform
10/07/2016 | By Netmanias
Samsung announced on the 6th that it has agreed to acquire Viv Labs, the intelligent interface to everything. Viv has developed a unique, open AI platform that gives third-party developers the power to use and build conversational assistants and integrate a natural language-based interface into renowned applications and services.
SK Telecom Realizes Smart Shopping for Lotte Department Store
10/06/2016 | By Netmanias
SK Telecom today announced that it, together with Lotte Department Store, will create a new shopping culture by realizing a truly smart shopping environment via ‘Smart Department Store,’ a package of smart shopping solutions designed to revolutionize people’s shopping experience.
KT demonstrated the world's first NB-IoT-based service
09/26/2016 | By Netmanias
KT, South Korea-based telecom company, announced last week (on the 20th) that it has successfully demonstrated various Internet of Small Things (IoST) services that are based on Narrow Band IoT (NB-IoT) technology over its commercial LTE network in cooperation with Daejeon metropolitan city, Nokia, Kolon Industry, Intel, etc.
KT-Nokia showcased NB-IoT technologies on the commercial LTE network
09/01/2016 | By Netmanias
KT, in cooperation with Nokia, showcased some key 3GPP-based NB-IoT technologies on the commercial LTE network for the first time in the world on the 31st. NB-IoT is a LPWA technology using only 200 KHz bandwidth, and a solution designed specifically for small-volume data communication between things.
08/29/2016 | By Netmanias
The South Korean government deliberated on DTV channel rearrangement, frequency allocation for TVWS and the emerging ICT industry at the 4th Frequency Deliberation Committee held on the 24th.
SK Telecom teamed up with Intel to develop WebRTC-enabled IoT devices for real-time communication
08/25/2016 | By Netmanias
SK Telecom announced last week (on the 17th) that it had executed an MOU with Intel to co-develop IoT devices featuring a real-time communication solution at the Intel Developer Forum held in San Francisco, California.
SK Telecom Signs MOU with SOCAR to Cooperate in Connected Car Business
08/22/2016 | By Netmanias
SK Telecom today announced that it signed a MoU with SOCAR, the largest car-sharing company in Korea, to cooperate in the connected car business.
08/15/2016 | By Netmanias
At the 2nd ‘Scientific Technology Strategy Meeting’ held at the Blue House, the South Korean government selected nine government-led R&D projects: five projects for discovering new growth engine, and four projects for better quality of life.
SK Telecom to host a LoRa Alliance meeting in October, driving global standardization
08/13/2016 | By Netmanias
SK Telecom announced it is hosting a global meeting of the LoRa Alliance, an open, non-profit association for promotion of the IoT standard, in Seoul in October, to position itself as a leader in the initiative for making an roaming system for LoRa network, etc. as global standards.
Mobile connections in South Korea reached 60 million – driven by IoT
08/04/2016 | By NETMANIAS
IoT connections have been on the rise – starting from 3.0 million in 2013, to 3.5 million in 2014 (up by 14.2%), and then up by 23.4% in 2015, showing a fast increase in growth rate.
SK Telecom to bring IoT global roaming via LoRa network
07/16/2016 | By NETMANIAS
SK Telecom attended ‘South Korea and EU IoT Partnership Conference’, held in Nice, France on 12th through 14th, and proposed the cooperation between the two regions to develop a LoRa network roaming system. The proposed system will lead to introduction of various services including location tracking service for international baggage, and more.
SK Telecom to commercialize Network Slicing Technology in 2018
07/16/2016 | By Kwon, Dongjun
SK Telecom is working with Ericsson and Intel to develop ‘Network Slicing’ technology. Industries are predicting that a telecommunication service with Network Slicing will be commercialized in 2018.
07/14/2016 | By NETMANIAS
The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) decided to make a total of 6,859 MHz of bandwidth available for three key emerging sectors with the greatest potential: IoT, drone and self-driving car.