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KT, World’s First Commercial Wireless 1 Gbps (GiGA LTE = 3-band CA + GiGA WiFi)

KT announced that it succeeded in commercialization of the world’s first wireless 1 Giga service, called “GiGA LTE". The service is known to have achieved speeds 15 times faster than the current LTE, through combining two heterogeneous networks: LTE and WiFi. Previously, the company has released “GiGA Internet” in October 2014, and “GiGA WiFi Home” in March 2...

07/31/2015

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KT GiGAtopia: What's promised and what's delivered

It has been over a year since KT Chairman Hwang Chang Kyu’s declaration of his vision GiGAtopia on May 20, last year. The main idea of GiGAtopia was that the company would make both of its wired and wireless networks giga-class, through investment of KRW4.5 trillion for three years to come. We thought it would be a good time to check how they did for the past one year, and what innovation...

07/18/2015

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Hear from CTOs of Korean Telcos (3) SK Telecom: Dr. Jinsung Choi 'SK Telecom's 5G Evolu...

For the rest of the Q3 2015 issue of Korea Communication Review magazine please click here Hear from CTO of Korean Telcos 1. Dr. Dongmyun Lee, CTO of KT: Leading 5G through wired/wireless Integration 2. Mr. Changwoo Lee, CTO of LG U+: LG U+'s Mobile Network Evolution Strategies ► 3. Dr. Jingsung Choi, CTO of SK Telecom: SK Telecom's 5G Evolution Strategies Dr....

06/16/2015

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LG U+ achieved 600Mbps in its second LTE-U demonstration

For the rest of the Q3 2015 issue of Korea Communication Review magazine please click here In its second demonstration of LTE in Unlicensed spectrum ("LTE-U", LAA in 3GPP term) conducted last month - 7 months after its first demonstration where it showed 300 Mbps through CA of 20 MHz at 2.6 GHz and another 20 MHz at 5.8 GHz, LG U+ successfully achieved 600 Mbps through carrier aggregation (C...

06/15/2015

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Hear from CTOs of Korean Telcos (2) LG U+: LG U+'s Mobile Network Evolution Strategies

For the rest of the Q3 2015 issue of Korea Communication Review magazine please click here Hear from CTO of Korean Telcos 1. Dr. Dongmyun Lee, CTO of KT: Leading 5G through wired/wireless Integration ► 2. Mr. Changwoo Lee, CTO of LG U+: LG U+'s Mobile Network Evolution Strategies 3. Dr. Jingsung Choi, CTO of SK Telecom: SK Telecom's 5G Evolution Strategies...

05/21/2015

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Netmanias Interview with SK Telecom at MWC 2015: Big data-based intelligent operation p...

For the rest of the Q2 2015 issue of Korea Communication Review magazine please click here SK Telecom at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 demonstrated its newest network operation platform for 5G called “Fast Data Platform”, using two big data-based intelligent operation platforms: T-Packet Analytics & Network Intelligence (T-PANI) and Analytics Platform for Intelligent O...

04/14/2015

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Netmanias Interview with KT at MWC 2015: KT's demonstrations of LTE TDD (9-carrier CA,...

For the rest of the Q2 2015 issue of Korea Communication Review magazine please click here As a sequel to the previous post (KT's demonstration of LTE-H and LTE-U), this post will introduce another pre-5G/5G technology, LTE-TDD, showcased by KT at MWC 2015, covering three relevant demonstrations: 9-carrier CA, LTE-UL/DL CA, and triple mode cell. 3. LTE-B (LTE-Beyond) Figure...

03/31/2015

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Netmanias Interview with KT at MWC 2015: KT's demonstrations of LTE-H and LTE-U

For the rest of the Q2 2015 issue of Korea Communication Review magazine please click here At Barcelona's Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015, KT demonstrated a variety of new 5G, Hetnet and IoT technologies and services. Of all those presented, below we will focus on our most interested topics, WiFi-related pre-5G technology, LTE-Hetnet (LTE-H) and LTE-Unlicensed (LTE-U), and see how t...

03/30/2015

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Netmanias Interview with Contela at MWC 2015: Contela integrated Smallcell technology i...

For the rest of the Q2 2015 issue of Korea Communication Review magazine please click here Contela, a leading Smallcell solution provider based in Korea, introduced its new Smallcell solutions at MWC 2015. The company has provided SK Telecom, a Korean network operator, with LTE Femtocell solutions through years of cooperation with SK Telecom. At MWC, Contela presented three wire...

03/18/2015

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Why do we need antenna-integrated RRH (Remote Radio Antenna, RRA)?

For the rest of the Q2 2015 issue of Korea Communication Review magazine please click here Contents 1. Background of Antenna-Integrated RRH 2. Features of Antenna-Integrated RRH 3. Outlook for the Antenna-Integrated RRH Market 4. Installation Issues in the Small Cell Market * RRA is a brand name of antenna-integrated RRH by the author's company 1. Background of Antenna-...

03/02/2015

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Korean big 3, getting ready for 5G SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ (3): LG U+

For the rest of the Q1 2015 issue of Korea Communication Review magazine please click here 3. 5G Strategies by LG U+ LG U+, acknowledging service as a more important factor in 5G than speed, is putting more efforts into developing differentiated services than mere technologies competition. That is, it is taking a stance that it would develop 5G services first, and then take care of t...

01/27/2015

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Korean big 3, getting ready for 5G SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ (2): SK Telecom

For the rest of the Q1 2015 issue of Korea Communication Review magazine please click here 2. 5G Strategies by SK Telecom Immediately after KT announced its new vision GiGAtopia in May, 2014, SK Telecom, the No. 1 mobile operator in Korea, also presented ICTnomics (ICT + Economics) designed to integrate ICT into a wide range of industries as the core concept of its 30-year growth plan....

01/20/2015

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Korean big 3, getting ready for 5G SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ (1): KT

For the rest of the Q1 2015 issue of Korea Communication Review magazine please click here In Korea, LTE service began back in July 2011. Then in June 2013 when LTE subscription exceeded 40% of the nation's total mobile subscription, LTE-A was commercialized for the first time in the world. Here are some facts about Korea's LTE. As of December 2014, i) Korea recorded an LTE sub...

01/14/2015

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Debates on LTE-Unlicensed and Wi-Fi (KT, SK Telecom, Qualcomm, etc.)

This article was published in Korea Communication Review magazine (KCR Q1 2015). For the rest of the Q1 2015 issue of Korea Communication Review magazine please click here 1. What is "LTE-Unlicensed"? And what's the big deal about it? 2. Korean Operators' Position (KT, SK Telecom and LG U+) 3. Discussion on Regulatory Requirements 4. LTE Advocates vs. Wi-Fi Advocates 1. W...

11/28/2014

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SK Telecom's Network Evolution Strategies (3) - RAN Architecture Evolution Strategy

3. RAN Architecture Evolution Strategies SK Telecom introduced C-RAN right from the very early stages of the LTE service commercialization (January 2012) as an effort to achieve higher mobile network operation efficiency and more cost savings. As a result, most of the company's RAN is now in C-RAN architecture, where macro BBUs are separated from RRHs, and moved to centralized locations...

10/27/2014

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SK Telecom's Network Evolution Strategies (2) - Inter-cell Coordination Evolution Strategy

2. Inter-cell Coordination Evolution Strategies CA improves network capacity by broadening frequency bandwidth, whereas inter-cell coordination technologies do the same task by enhancing frequency efficiency. Inter-cell coordination is designed to manage radio resources more efficiently by having cells in different sites share user and/or cell information with each other. Inter-cell coo...

10/13/2014

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SK Telecom's Network Evolution Strategies (1): Carrier Aggregation Evolution Strategy

SK Telecom is the #1 mobile operator in Korea, with sales of KRW 16.6 trillion (USD 15.3 billion) in 2013, and with 50.1% of a mobile mobile subscription market share in 2Q 2014. It launched LTE service back in July 2011, and now more than half of its subscribers are LTE service subscribers, with 55.8% of LTE penetration as of 2Q 2014. Due to LTE subscription growth, more advanced device feat...

10/07/2014

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CoMP (2): CoMP Coordination Areas Defined in 3GPP (7 Scenarios)

In the CoMP scenarios defined in 3GPP Release 111 and Release 122, CoMP is used within a single eNB (intra-eNB) with ideal backhaul only - in restricted areas in Release 11 among eNBs (inter-eNB) with non-ideal backhaul as well - in more expanded areas in Release 12 According to NGMN3, ideal backhaul refers to one with latency of 2.5 usecs or less and capacity of 10 Gbps or higher, whe...

08/19/2014

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CoMP (1): CoMP Types - CS, CB, JT and DPS

Today, we will learn about CoMP, an inter-cell cooperation technology in LTE-A, since we learned about ICIC and eICIC in the previous posts. At an early stage of LTE/LTE-A, offering high speed is the most important marketing point for operators. However, as LTE subscribers and traffic grow, satisfying users with high Quality of Experience (QoE), for example, by improving user throughputs at cel...

08/12/2014

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Interference Coordination in LTE/LTE-A (2): eICIC (enhanced ICIC)

Enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (eICIC) As noted in the previous post about ICIC, we will find out about enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (eICIC), an interference control technology in LTE-A in this post. In LTE/LTE-A, one key challenge for operators is that they have to increase network capacity to keep up with fast-growing traffic. Especially, crowded areas in m...

08/06/2014

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