SKT to offer 500Mbps – Fastest speed by LTE so far
05/22/2016 | By An, Hochun
SK Telecom announced its plan to roll out 500Mbps LTE service starting June, and achieve 1Gbps, relying on LTE only, through 5-Band CA (Carrier Aggregation) in 2018.
LG U+ is rolling out Enhanced 'tv G JikCam', a User-Created Channel
03/15/2016 | By NETMANIAS
LG U+ announced on the 13th that it has rolled out the world's one and only user-created channel 'tv G JikCam' service, now with enhanced remote connection and add friends features.
SK Telecom began building Korea's First Uplink CA Network, to be commercialized in 1H 2016
01/27/2016 | By NETMANIAS
On the 25th, SK Telecom released its plan to commercialize 2-band uplink carrier aggregation in the network to offer enhanced data upload speeds. In addition, the company plans to introduce other useful solutions, such as UL 64QAM and MC-PUSCH, all to achieve maximum upload speeds possible.
LG U+ showcased giga LTE using 4-band CA
11/23/2015 | By
LG U+ confirmed on the 23rd that it conducted a demonstration of giga LTE, successfully achieving up to speeds of 1.2 Gbps using LTE only. The company is planning to launch giga LTE service around the same time giga LTE-capable devices arrive in the market.
SK Telecom, getting ready to commercialize 5-time faster, 3-band CA
11/18/2015 | By An, Hochun
SK Telecom began working on commercialization of 3-band CA, known to support up to 375 Mbps - 5 times faster LTE. The service can be launched as early as sometime in the first half of next year, depending on how relevant policies on 2.1 GHz spectrum are finalized by the Korean government.
SK Telecom completed Construction of 26,000 3-Band LTE-A Base Stations
03/31/2015 | By NETMANIAS
SK Telecom on March 31 announced that it has completed construction of 26,000 2.1GHz base stations across the nation for 3-band LTE-A service provision.
SK Telecom and Nokia Networks demonstrate 600Mbps Data Transmission Rates with 4x4 MIMO Technology
02/25/2015 | By NETMANIAS
SK Telecom announced today that it successfully demonstrated a 600 Mbps data transmission rate by using Nokia Networks’ 4x4 Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology.
KT officially launches “Broadband LTE-A X4”, a 3-Band LTE-A Service targeting All Customers
01/20/2015 | By NETMANIAS
On January 20, KT announced that, targeting all customers, it launched commercial service of “Broadband LTE-A X4”, which is four times faster than the existing LTE, in time for the official launch of Samsung Electronics’ “Galaxy Note 4 S-LTE.
SK Telecom commercializes the World’s First 3-Band LTE-A Service
12/29/2014 | By NETMANIAS
SK Telecom today announced that it launched commercial 3-band LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) service for the first time in the world. 3-band LTE-A service offers data speeds of up to 300Mbps by aggregating three component carriers in three different frequency bands: 20MHz bandwidth in 1.8GHz band, 10MHz bandwidth in 800MHz band, and 10MHz bandwidth in 2.1GHz band.