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2015 Communication Service Quality Evaluation in Korea - Average LTE Speed, 117 Mbps

The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) of South Korea released on the 30th the results of ‘2015 communication service quality evaluation’. The nation’s average LTE speeds were recorded at 117.51 Mbps, up from the last year’s Broadband LTE-A (3X LTE) speeds of 114.4 Mbps, thanks to 3Band LTE-A (4X LTE) service launched earlier this year. Of the Korea&rsqu...

12/31/2015

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Korea ICT News

Korea Communication Review, Q4 2015

12/10/2015

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Reports

SK Telecom and Nokia Networks enter MOU for Joint Research in NB-IoT

SK Telecom today announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Nokia Networks to jointly research and develop narrowband IoT(NB-IoT) communication technologies. Under the MOU, SK Telecom and Nokia Networks will co-develop NB-IoT* that uses a bandwidth of 0.2 MHz (or 200 kHz), compared to LTE that requires at least 1.4 MHz bandwidth. *NB-IoT is a narrowband radio technolo...

12/09/2015

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Korea ICT News

Samsung demoed SDN-enabled EPC co-developed with SK Telecom

As you can recall, SK Telecom commercialized virtualized EPC and IMS earlier this year - in August and September, respectively - in cooperation with Samsung Electronics. Aug. 4, 2015: vEPC commercialized for IoT service Sep. 20, 2015: vIMS commercialized In addition to the effort for virtualization, SK Telecom has strived to develop SDN that can control virtualized network resources. La...

12/07/2015

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Korea ICT News

SK Telecom and Intel teamed up for faster 5G virtualization

SK Telecom and Intel are teaming up to secure Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV), two key underlying technologies in 5G communication, with the aim of addressing deceleration issues encountered in virtualized networks. On the 3rd, Intel Korea announced the news about 'Partnership with Intel Solution for building next generation communication in...

12/05/2015

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Korea ICT News

Commercialization of inter-operator VoLTE service opens VoLTE era

The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) announced on the 22nd that Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service developed through interworking among the Korean big 3 operators will be fully commercialized on the 23rd. MSIP, jointly with the big 3, conducted a final testing for VoLTE commercialization on the 20th. VoLTE is data-based voice call service offered via 4G LTE networks, and can...

11/22/2015

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Korea ICT News

SK Telecom, getting ready to commercialize 5-time faster, 3-band CA

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. The industry confirmed that on the 18th the company installed five-time faster 3-band LTE-A-compatible sof...

11/18/2015

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Korea ICT News

SK Telecom Wins 2016 CES Innovation Awards

SK Telecom today announced that its UO Smart Beam Laser has been named a 2016 CES Innovation Awards Honoree in the Home Video/Audio Components and Accessories category. The CES Innovation Awards is an annual competition honoring outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products. Since 1976, this prestigious program has honored today’s ground breaking technology. The a...

11/13/2015

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Korea ICT News

SK Telecom buys CJ HelloVision and will emerge with SK Broadband in April of 2016

SK Telecom is buying the control of CJ Hello Vision that is a number 1 business in cable TV. After securing the control of CJ Hello Vision, it is heard that it will emerge with SK Broadband in April of 2016. It seems that it will cost SK Telecom between $1.32 billion and $1.75 billion (1.5 trillion KRW to 2 trillion KRW) to buy CJ Hello Vision. SK Telecom is planning to hold a meeting for b...

11/03/2015

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Korea ICT News

SK Telecom to acquire Stake in CJ Hellovision

The company decides to acquire CJ O Shoppings 30 percent stake in CJ Hellovision Upon acquisition of stake in CJ Hellovision, the company will merge SK Broadband and CJ Hellovision to create a next-generation media platform company Strengthens partnership and cooperation with CJ Corporation: To participate in paid-in capital increase (worth KRW 150 billion) of CJ Corporation Plans to create...

11/03/2015

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SK Telecom and Nokia Networks achieve 19.1 Gbps over the Air in Joint 5G Trial

SK Telecom and Nokia Networks achieve 19.1 Gbps over the air in joint 5G trial Proof of Concept demonstrates Nokia Networks' cmWave technology Underlines companies' unwavering focus on making 5G a reality SK Telecom and Nokia Networks together demonstrated Nokia Networks’ cmWave technology, setting a new milestone that adds momentum to the standardization of 5G* technologies...

10/30/2015

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Korea ICT News

SK Telecom opens 5G Playground to lead Innovation towards 5G Commercialization

SK Telecom Opens 5G Playground to Lead Innovation towards 5G Commercialization Establishes 5G Playground, an integrated innovation center for development of 5G technologies and services Successfully achieved 19.1Gbps transmission speed over the air Showcased diverse futuristic services including 4K live broadcast system and AR/VR services Published ‘SK Telecom’s 5G Architectur...

10/29/2015

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SK Telecom's 5G Architecture Design & Implementation Guidelines

10/28/2015

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SK Telecom and Ericsson demonstrated World's First 5G Network Slicing Technology

SK Telecom announced on October 22 that it, jointly with Ericsson, has successfully demonstrated 5G network slicing technology for the first time in the world. During the demonstration that took place in SK Telecom Corporate R&D Center in Bundang, Korea on October 21st, the two companies succeeded in partitioning a physical network into multiple virtual networks, each optimized for the follo...

10/23/2015

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Korea ICT News

SK Telecom wins Wi-Fi Industry Awards for Three Consecutive Years

SK Telecom’s Cloud AC, a cloud-based Wi-Fi management equipment, has been chosen as the winner of “Best Wi-Fi Network Infrastructure” SK Telecom announced today that it has been chosen as the winner of the “Best Wi-Fi Network Infrastructure” with its ‘Cloud AC (AP Controller)’ at the 2015 Wi-Fi Industry Awards* held on October 14 in San Jo...

10/15/2015

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Korea ICT News

KT & LG U+, leading UHD Market, each with over 300,000 Subscribers

KT and LG U+ are known to have over 300,000 UHD IPTV service subscribers now. The two companies have been aggressively marketing the service to UHD TV owners and new HD service subscribers, successfully positioning themselves as the "top two" in the UHD market. KT's 'Olleh Giga UHD TV' service subscription exceeded 340,000 this month, over 3 times up from 100,000 of April in ju...

10/14/2015

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Korea ICT News

Controversy about Auction for 2.1 GHz Frequency becomes More and More Interesting as 3...

Mobile telecommunication industries are predicting that an all-out war will take place with 2.1 GHz bandwidth frequency that is expected to be auctioned in first half of 2016 on the line. While some are arguing that all of 100 MHz need to be auctioned, some are counter-arguing that all of it needs to be reallocated. Consumptive controversy is expected if a clear standard of dividing frequency i...

10/07/2015

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Korea ICT News

Mobile Network Architecture for 5G Era - New C-RAN Architecture and Distributed 5G Core

It's been only a year and a half since we excitedly introduced the Evolution of Mobile RAN Architecture in LTE/LTE-A Era (C-RAN) last April. And today we are discussing the same for 5G era already. Key transitions from 3G to 4G included i) network architecture change from coverage-based to capacity-based, and ii) introduction of new 4G element, X2 interface. Specifically, cells became s...

10/06/2015

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Tech-Blog

Samsung deploys Korea's First Virtualized IMS System - SK Telecom advances its Next Gen...

< Samsung's AdaptiV Core Solution for IMS > Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading provider of mobile broadband networking solutions, announced today that it successfully deployed the first virtualized IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) components of its AdaptiV Core platform for Korean telecommunications service provider SK Telecom, delivering resource usage flexibility and signific...

09/21/2015

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Korea ICT News

5G POC (Test, Trial) Status in Korea

09/18/2015

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