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KT CEO Hwang Chang-Gyu, the only CEO in the Asia Region, gives Keynote Speech at the MWC

▲ KT confirms Tech of KT leadership in “The Road to 5G” session with its keynote speech. Through his keynote speech on 5G network services, KT CEO Hwang Chang-Gyu showed a wonderful glimpse of the future at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015, held in Barcelona, Spain. As the primary speaker for “The Road to 5G” session, CEO Hwang stated, “In the era of the I...

03/04/2015

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KT eyes 2018 5G network; Nokia aims to be top 2 player

Visitors to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea will have access to commercial 5G services, according to KT CEO Chang-Gyu Hwang (pictured), speaking at Tuesday’s opening keynote session. Undaunted by the lack of worldwide standards, Hwang said that the company was moving ahead rapidly with 5G. “It’s the next-generation network we need. Speed is only one part of the requirement...

03/03/2015

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Korea’s Big 3 Telecommunication Companies lead World 5G·IoT Market at MWC 2015

SK Telecom, KT, and LG U+—Korea’s three main telecommunication companies—are to show 5 Generation(5G) and IoT(Internet of Things) technologies in priority at the ‘Mobile World Congress(MWC) 2015.’ KT KT will demonstrate next generation telecommunication technologies and IoT technologies under the theme of ‘Life Innovation by 5G.’ Among the new tech...

03/02/2015

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KT, with Samsung and Qualcomm, to reveal the World's First LTE-H at MWC 2015

KT announced on February 25th that, in collaboration with Samsung and Qualcomm, it will be demonstrating the world's first 'LTE-WiFi Link Aggregation' (AKA 'LTE-H (HetNet)') that combines two heterogeneous networks - LTE and WiFi - at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 to be held in Barcelona, Spain next week. <Source: KT> LTE-H does not merely combine frequency...

02/26/2015

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KT to showcase the Future with 5G at MWC 2015

KT is to share some of its newest technologies with the world at MWC. KT (Chairman Chang-gyu Hwang, www.kt.com) announced today that it will be showcasing 'Life Innovation by 5G' at ‘Mobile World Congress 2015 (MWC 2015)’, the world greatest mobile event to be held in Barcelona, Spain from March 2rd through 5th. KT, one of the world's leading next-generation network op...

02/22/2015

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'Multiple MVNO' Strategy to be adopted in Resale Phone Industry, Multiple Circuit Strat...

Resale phone makers are showing signs to competitively introduce ‘multiple MVNO’ strategy to use two or more mobile carrier circuits. This is analyzed as a strategy to expand the base of resale phones by increasing subscribers’ options. Accordingly, multiple circuit strategy is forecast to spread in the resale phone industry. Free Telecom (CEO: Kim Hong-cheol) announc...

02/16/2015

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KT, working with Ericsson to improve Data Speeds in High-Traffic Areas

On February 5, KT announced that with Ericsson it has successfully demonstrated Dynamic Interference Control (DIC), one of the core 5G technologies, for the first time in the world. So far operators have used fixed transmit power when transmitting radio signals from base stations to devices. With DIC however they can adjust the strengths of transmit power from base stations according to the...

02/05/2015

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SK Telecom forms an Emergency Network TFT - 3 Mobile Carriers are Battle-Ready

SK Telecom organized the National Disaster and Safety Communication Network (hereinafter referred to as the emergency network) TFT (task force team). As a result, all three mobile carriers have dedicated teams for winning the emergency network project and are going head to head with one another. As KT overcame the crisis of debarment from participation in the project due to the unlawful company...

02/04/2015

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2015 Network Infrastructure Investment Plans by KT, SK Telecom and LG U+

Korean Big 3 mobile carriers are forecast to reduce their CAPEX by about 9% this year compared to last year. Most of their LTE investments are completed, and their profitability declined last year despite the enforcement of the Terminal Distribution Structure Improvement Act. As the telecommunication industry cuts down CAPEX, small and medium-sized network equipment makers will be directly...

02/02/2015

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KT-Qualcomm to cooperate for enhanced IoT Security

KT and Qualcomm agreed to jointly develop an 'LTE-based IoT security gateway solution'. On January 29, officials from the two companies, including Jae-ho Song, the Senior Vice President of KT's Future Convergence Strategy Office, and Taewon Lee, the Senior Vice President of Qualcomm Korea, met at KT's Kwanghwamoon headquarters and signed an agreement to develop an 'LTE...

01/29/2015

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KT officially launches “Broadband LTE-A X4”, a 3-Band LTE-A Service targeting All Custo...

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. Galaxy Note 4 S-LTE is Samsung Electronics’ flagship model. It is equipped with an S-Pen, a popular feature of the exist...

01/20/2015

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Mobile Carriers concentrate on the Home IoT - Competition to become the First Case of S...

Top 3 mobile carriers will join hands with manufacturers and release over 30 smart home (home IoT) products this year. They took aim at the most popular home IoT as the first case of success in the age of IoT. They are planning to flood the market with numerous products throughout the year unlike last year when they released a couple of pilot products. Beyond simply providing communication...

01/13/2015

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SK Telecom becomes the First in the World to provide the 3-band CA Commercial Service -...

SK Telecom starts the 3-band carrier aggregation (CA) commercial service for the first time in the world. KT decided to operate 3-band CA trial zones. The 3-band CA is a technology for combining three different bands of frequencies to increase the download speed to 300Mbps. Mobile carriers have been fiercely competing to become the first to commercialize this technology. The product used for th...

12/29/2014

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KT’s GiGA Internet Subscription exceeded 100,000 in Just Two Months

The subscription of KT’s ‘Olleh GiGA Internet’ is growing steadily since its nationwide commercialization in Oct. for the first time in Korea. On Dec. 21, KT announced that the subscription of ‘Olleh GiGA Internet’ has continued to grow by more than 7,000 per week since its release on October 20, and exceeded 100,000 in just two months. ‘Olleh GiGA Interne...

12/22/2014

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KT-Ericsson demonstrates the World-First Core Technology for maintaining CA in 5G Network

KT announced on Dec. 16 that, together with Ericsson, it has developed and verified the world's first technology to maintain Carrier Aggregation (CA) for macro cells and small cells in HetNet, which is currently drawing attention as the core network infrastructure for 5G. HetNet, being a network technology increasing data processing capacity and speed by establishing a number of small c...

12/20/2014

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Now Giga Internet Service available from all the Korean Big 3 Operators

The 'giga Internet era' has just begun, finally offering speeds of 1 Gbps - 10 times faster than the 100Mbps. For the past 7 ~ 8 years, the maximum Internet speeds for all access networks (FTTH, LAN and XDSL) have long been 100Mbps. So, when LTE-A (CA: 150Mbps) was launched in 2013, and when Wideband LTE-A (225Mbps) was released in June 2014, it was shameful for the wired Internet to be...

12/18/2014

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KT is after Quantum Key Distribution too - engaged in 'Quantum Competition' with SK Tel...

KT will start probing for the Quantum Key Distribution technology. It is forecast that KT will compete with SK Telecom, which began to develop the Quantum Key Distribution technology ahead of KT, in earnest. The KT Institute of Convergence Technology and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) will jointly host the Quantum Key Distribution technology exchange confere...

12/11/2014

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Common Carriers’ Competition over Giga Internet brings warm Wind to wired Equipment Makers

At the competition of three common carriers over giga Internet investment, domestic wired communications equipment makers are spending a busy autumn. These companies are expected to continuously enjoy the benefits of giga Internet investment for two – three years in the future. KT, which has lead giga Internet investment competition, plans to build a wired and wireless integrated gig...

11/20/2014

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Fierce Competition over World’s first 3-Band CA, first Release Forecast by Year End

Common carriers’ competition intensifies over the world’s first 3-band carrier aggregation (CA) technology commercialization. 3-band CA is a technology to increase speed up to 300 Mbps by aggregating three frequency bands. In January this year, a Korean common carrier succeeded in demonstration for the first time. According to the communications industry, technology commercializ...

11/14/2014

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KT launched GiGA Internet, Korea's First Nationwide Gigabit Internet Service on Oct. 20

Earlier in May, KT's Chairman Chang-gyu Hwang announced the company's GiGAtopia vision (see What's GiGAtopia envisioned by Chairman Chang-gyu Hwang of KT?). Then soon in June, KT made another announcement that it would commercialize gigabit Internet service in the second half of the year. So, it has been predicted that the company would begin the service probably at the end of the...

10/27/2014

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