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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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Korea ICT News

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 and Nokia Complete Development of Mission Critical LTE system for First Resp...

Unveils the most innovative portable all-in-one PS-LTE system fully equipped with base station, core network and PTT solutions First solution to fit core network and PTT solutions into a portable server through the application of NFV technologies Provides invaluable communications system to for wide use of in disaster relief and emergency operations by instantly setting up an independent LTE...

08/02/2016

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Korea ICT News

Korea Mobile Market - ARPU / Revenue Stagnation

Korean big 3 mobile operators (SK Telecom, KT and LG U+) have been presenting innovative LTE services (LTE-A, LTE CA, etc.), all world’s first, every year since its LTE service launch in 2011. The operators have posted higher ARPU and revenues thanks to an increase in LTE subscriptions, which has a higher ARPU than 2G/3G. However, recent years have seen a stagnation in mobile subscription...

08/02/2016

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Korea ICT News

Korea Mobile Market - ARPU / Revenue Stagnation

08/02/2016

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One-Shot Gallery

[Interview with Head of Network R&D Center at SK Telecom] SK Telecom to establish conso...

SK Telecom plans to prioritize efforts on implementation of Software Defined Network (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) from the second half of the year with the aim of taking the lead in 5G era. The company is adopting a two-track strategy. It will cooperate with global equipment vendors while establishing consortiums with SMEs in Korea as well as startups in Silicon Valley,...

08/02/2016

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Korea ICT News

SK Telecom Announces 2016 2Q Earnings Results

Revenue of KRW 4.267 trillion, operating income of KRW 407.4 billion and net income of KRW 291 billion (K-IFRS consolidated) The revenue increased by 0.3% YoY backed by increased sales of its subsidiaries The operating income edged down by 1.3% compared to the same period last year affected by expanded expenses caused by growth in subsidiaries’ business activities The net income decrea...

07/30/2016

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Korea ICT News

SK Telecom to team up with Israel-based Inuitive for development of 3D AR/VR solution

Signed MoU with Inuitive, a Israeli sensor image processor developer ‘T-Real’, SK Telecom’s AR/VR platform, to be combined with Inuitive’s 3D sensor technology for new 3D virtual content solution SK Telecom signed an MoU with Inuitive, a Israel-based sensor and image processor developer (CEO Shlomo Gadot) on June 27th to develop 3D realistic Augmented Reality...

07/29/2016

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Korea ICT News

SK Telecom's M&A with CJ HelloVision: Deal or no deal? No deal!

An attempted M&A deal between SK Telecom and CJ HelloVision fell apart. The deal has been reviewed for over seven months - first by the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) and then finally by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP), the final decision maker, which disapproved the combination of businesses. As a result, not only initiatives that have been actively planned for reformi...

07/25/2016

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Korea ICT News

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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Korea ICT News

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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Korea ICT News

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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Reports

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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Korea ICT News

SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson Join Hands for Transcontinental 5G Trial Depl...

SK Telecom signs an MOU with Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson to jointly develop 5G core network at MWC Shanghai 2016 SK Telecom and Ericsson also showcased 26.9 Gbps transmission speed over the air and Software-Defined Telecommunications Infrastructure SK Telecom announced today that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson to cooperate in the d...

06/30/2016

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Korea ICT News

SK Telecom and Ericsson Demonstrate Software-Defined Telecommunications Infrastructure...

Intel® Rack Scale Architecture (RSA) based Software-Defined Telecommunications Infrastructure completes end-to-end network slicing for 5G Programmable infrastructure can dynamically be composed to satisfy various 5G services with highly diverse requirements SK Telecom announced that it, together with Ericsson, demonstrated for the first time in the world ‘Software-Defined...

06/29/2016

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Korea ICT News

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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Tech-Blog

SK Telecom Commercializes True Real Time Mobile Streaming Technology Named ‘T Live Stre...

SK Telecom today announced that it has commercialized the world’s first true real-time mobile streaming technology. Named ‘T Live Streaming’, the technology has been applied to ‘SPOTV,’ a live sports streaming channel on SK Broadband’s mobile media platform called ‘oksusu.’ The company developed T Live Streaming by customizing ‘MPEG Media...

06/14/2016

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Korea ICT News

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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Korea ICT News

SK Telecom and Global IT Leaders Gathered for TIP Meeting to Discuss Partnership in 5G

SK Telecom is hosting the first Telco Infra Project (TIP) conference, where more than 40 global IT leaders including Facebook, Nokia, Intel, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom AG, are presented, at SK Telecom T Tower in Seoul for two days (8th and 9th). A board of directors meeting was held and attended by key members of TIP such as Facebook, Intel, Deutsche Telekom, and future vision, goals, manag...

06/08/2016

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Korea ICT News

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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Korea ICT News

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