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SK Telecom to host a LoRa Alliance meeting in October, driving global standardization

Host LoRa global meeting in Seoul in October Lead a global initiative for standardization of LoRa roaming, etc. Create synergy effect with IoT Week, a local event, leading to new partnerships between global and local businesses 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 Oct...

08/13/2016

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Korea ICT News

Korea Communication Review, August 2016

01 | Mobile connections in South Korea reached 60 million – driven by IoT 02 | New and more spectrums for key emerging sectors - 6,859 MHz for IoT, drones and self-driving cars 03 | KT doubles coverage of maritime LTE up to 200km and introduces ‘IoT Life-Tech Jacket Marine’ 04 | SK Telecom Commercializes Nationwide LoRa Network for IoT 06 | Mobile Market Data - Market Stag...

08/08/2016

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Mobile connections in South Korea reached 60 million – driven by IoT

As of the end of June 2016, the number of mobile connections in South Korea reached a record of 60 million. Mobile phone subscription reached 54.3 million, 2.2% up from a year ago. Given the nation’s population of 52 million, the mobile market is already fully saturated. During the same period of time, the number of IoT connections has also increased to 4.8 million by 24.0%, subs...

08/04/2016

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SK Telecom's IoT Target and Strategies: LoRa-based IoST

Earlier this year in May, the South Korean Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning (MSIP) adjusted the maximum transmit power in the 900 MHz unlicensed band from 10 mW to 200 mW, offering frequencies dedicated for wide area IoT purpose. Initially, 6.5 MHz (917 - 923.5 MHz) was offered, and additional 6 MHz (940 - 946 MHz) is scheduled to be offered in the 2nd half of the year. The de...

08/03/2016

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Tech-Blog

SK Telecom to bring IoT global roaming via LoRa network

You will no longer need to worry about lost or missing baggage. Once global roaming service leveraging an IoT network is launched, you can locate your baggage at least in Europe – if an IoT-based location tracker is attached. SK Telecom attended ‘South Korea and EU IoT Partnership Conference’, held in Nice, France on 12th through 14th, and proposed the cooperation between th...

07/16/2016

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SK Telecom to commercialize Network Slicing Technology in 2018

<A picture of SK Telecom and Ericsson demonstrating Network Slicing technology > Telecommunication industry is increasing its investments into ‘Network Slicing’ technology that is seen as one of major technologies for 5G communication because this technology can reduce cost and increase efficiency in management by creasing an environment according to telecommunication serv...

07/16/2016

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News on Korean Regulations: New and more spectrums for key emerging sectors - 6,859 MHz...

South Korea to change regulations to offer new and more spectrums for key emerging sectors, 6,859MHz for IoT, drones and self-driving cars 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. The decision was made to promote develop...

07/14/2016

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News on Korean Regulations: Four deregulations in IoT in 2016

Four deregulations in IoT in 2016. 1. Alleviation of transmit power limit in IoT-dedicated network (May 2016) - Transmit power limit in IoT-dedicated, unlicensed 900 MHz band (917 - 923.5 MHz) raised from 10 mW to 200 mW by 20 times - 'Radio Equipment Directive' amended by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) in May 2016 - Costs for building networks down by...

07/14/2016

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SK Telecom's Massive IoT Deployment through LoRa for Small Things

Netmanais Korean ICT Research Report SK Telecom's Massive IoT Deployment through LoRa for Small Things Price: $495 NOW FREE | Author: Netmanias | Length: 36 pages | Published: July 13 2016 ■ Executive Summary Since its LTE service launch in 2011, SK Telecom has posted higher ARPU and revenues thanks to an increase in LTE subscrip...

07/13/2016

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KT doubles Amount of LTE Coverage for Seas

Technology that can double coverage of maritime LTE up to 200km has been developed. It is predicted that maritime safety will be more enhanced as LTE communication is now possible in wide range of sea that goes from coast of Gangwon-do to Ulleung-do. KT has developed OTHAD (Over The Horizon Antenna Distribution) that is based on ‘LTE Time Advanced’ technology and announced that it h...

07/07/2016

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SK Telecom Commercializes Nationwide LoRa Network for IoT

SK Telecom today held a press conference to announce the completion of the nationwide deployment of Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) based on LoRa technology; the launch of price plans for LoRa-based IoT services; and its plans to vitalize the IoT ecosystem. The company finished building LoRaWAN across the country by end of June, six months earlier than its initial schedule, covering 99...

07/04/2016

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South Korean big 3, going global with oneM2M-certified platforms

The big 3 operators in South Korea, ST Telecom, KT and LG U+, each with a global standard oneM2M-certified IoT platform, are now aiming for global market. There is much attention in the industry towards which platform provider can build more partnerships with SMEs and startups, which is essential to present new, distruptive ideas and services. In order for the operators to expand the marke...

06/20/2016

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Samsung to acquire Joyent, a Leading Public and Private Cloud Provider

Samsung Electronics today announced that it has agreed to acquire Joyent, Inc., a leading public and private cloud provider. With Joyent’s superior cloud technology, Samsung will now have access to its own cloud platform capable of supporting its growing lineup of mobile, Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud-based software and services. The transaction remains subject to customary closing c...

06/16/2016

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IoT module LoRa: Price Dropped to under $5

<SK Telecom’s engineers are testing the performance of a LoRa base station built in Daegu city in Korea.> The price of LoRa, an IoT module that underlies SK Telecom’s IoT initiatives, dropped to under $5.00, which is almost half of LTE-M’s to be offered by others. This will allow SK Telecom to gain competitive advantage in price, helping to pave the way for expansion...

06/11/2016

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SK Telecom Unveils ‘T map for Car’ at 2016 Busan International Motor Show

SK Telecom today announced that it unveiled ‘T map for Car,’ an innovative connected car service based on its mobile navigation app ‘T map’, at 2016 Busan International Motor Show to be held from June 3 to 12 at Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO), Korea. The company also said that T map for Car will be applied to KIA K5 (Optima) – under the name ‘...

06/02/2016

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SK Telecom’s strategies for next generation network evolution

On June 20th, SK Telecom unveiled its strategies for utilizing the frequencies in 2.6GHz that it acquired at the last auction, and for developing more evolved next-generation network. The company has become an operator with most frequency in 2.6GHz band in the nation after acquiring additional frequency at the auction held earlier this year. Once new network utilizing these wider bandwidth...

06/01/2016

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Samsung Electronics to Jointly Build SK Telecom’s World-First Nationwide LoRaWAN Networ...

Samsung Electronics today announced a new contract with SK Telecom to deploy the world’s first commercial Internet of Things (IoT)-dedicated nationwide LoRaWAN network. The network will be deployed across Korea using the 900 MHz frequency band. The commercial service is scheduled to launch in Daegu, Korea’s fourth largest city, next month and will be available nationwide by the mi...

05/24/2016

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SK Telecom to launch IoT network nationwide by June

SK Telecom (www.sktelecom.com) is now moving towards building an IoT ecosystem, actively making plans to accelerate a LoRa-based IoT nationwide network, presenting a roadmap for developing IoT service, drafting IoT service pricing policies, etc. Global IoT industry is forecasted to be $1.2 trillion, and its LPWA segment alone is forecasted to be over $210 billion by 2020*. Given that, the ind...

05/19/2016

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SK Telecom Signs MOU with Telkom Indonesia

SK Telecom today announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Telkom Indonesia (PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia), the largest telecommunications services company in Indonesia, to cooperate in new business areas including IoT, media and smart products/Lifeware*. *Lifeware (‘life’ + ‘hardware/software’) refers to SK Telecom’s consumer-centric smart...

05/12/2016

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Who will be the world's first operator to deploy a nationwide IoT network?

[Issue analysis-1] IoST era begins with initiatives for a nationwide IoT network deployment IoT, the next generation growth engine in the mobile communication industry, is finally unveiled. South Korea-based SK Telecom and KT, geared up with cutting-edge IoT technologies including LoRa, LTE-M, and NB IoT, etc., are to be in fierce competition to deploy the nation's (and world's) fir...

04/21/2016

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