China, Japan and the European Union are accelerating the development of 6G communications technology. In this regard, South Korean experts held an open forum in Seoul on Feb. 11 to discuss issues related to 6G preparations in South Korea.6G communications can be characterized by extreme ubiquity rea
Huawei came in first in a 5G radio access network (RAN) evaluation, while Samsung Electronics placed fourth behind Ericsson and Nokia.The assessment was done by market research firm Global Data, which evaluated four items -- baseband unit (BBU) capacity, wireless communications portfolios, ease of i
With the 5G market starting to take off all over the world, a patent race for leadership in the 5G market is intensifying. South Korea, which launched commercial 5G services for the first time in the world last year, and other major developed nations including China, the United States and Japan, are
Samsung Electronics, which has been persistently attacked by non-practicing entities (NPEs) or “patent trolls,” has filed a complaint with a U.S. court to prevent an NPE from litigating repeatedly. As the number of lawsuits filed by NPEs against Korean companies steadily increased to reach 580 over
Samsung Electronics announced on Oct. 23 that it has developed the industry's first integrated 28 GHz 5G base station, which supports data transmission at 10 Gbps, the fastest speed among commercial 5G base stations.Samsung' 28 GHz 5G base station integrates a wireless communication section
SK Telecom and its subsidiary IDQ, which joined forces a year ago, have received orders for quantum cryptography-based communication networks one after another in Europe and the United States.SK Telecom announced on Oct. 20 that IDQ will participate as the number one supplier of quantum key distribu
Samsung Electronics has emerged as the No. 1 player in the global 5G telecom equipment market. According to Dell’Oro, a global market research firm, Samsung posted a market share of 37 percent from the fourth quarter of last year to the first quarter of this year. Huawei came in second with 28 perce
Electronics Co. will supply its fifth-generation (5G) network equipment to Japan’s KDDI Corp., the country’s second largest telecom company, entering one of the most lucrative network markets in the world. The company will provide US$2 billion (2.35 trillion won) worth of 5G equipment over the next
Benefiting from sanctions on Huawei, Samsung Electronics ranked first in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) smartphone market in the second quarter.Samsung took up 40 percent of the CEE smartphone market in the second quarter of this year, Counterpoint Research said on Sept. 19. While the size of
SK Telecom has been selected as a 5G communication leader in Asia.Moor Insights & Strategy, a leading high-tech analyst firm in the United States, recently announced companies that lead 5G in categories such as global telecom operators, smartphone makers and equipment companies.SK Telecom was select
Samsung Display has obtained a design patent for a triple-screen smartphone.According to LetsGoDigital, a Dutch online magazine specializing in IT, Samsung Display submitted a patent application for a smartphone with three extendable screens to the Korean Intellectual Property Office in August 2018
LG U+ announced on July 14 that it would start installing mostly on small and medium sized buildings after developing and testing a 5G telecommunication RF repeater and micro-repeater for commercial networks developed with DBcom, a small Korean company.The newly developed repeaters create 5G use env
With the United States-China battle for technology hegemony intensifying, a global ICT fair in Shanghai, China took a bitter blow.Although the CES Asia 2019 opened in Shanghai on June 11, the presence of Korean companies decreased noticeably, with major domestic companies including Samsung Electroni
Samsung Electronics has emerged as the No. 1 player in the 5G telecom equipment market amid a global anti-Huawei campaign.Samsung Electronics ranked first with a 37 percent market share in the first quarter of this year, said a recent report by Dell’Oro, a research company specializing in the commun
South Korean financial institutions are poised to join the U.S. anti-Huawei campaign.In November last year, NH Nonghyup Bank selected KT as the preferred bidder for its dedicated line construction project for connecting more than 1,100 NH Bank branches and more than 4,700 branches of the National Ag
After the U.S. Commerce Department restricted Huawei’s access to American suppliers last week, U.S. companies such as Google, Intel, and Qualcomm have parted from Huawei. This development may benefit Korean companies such as Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics. However, analysts note that Huawei
Samsung Electronics is going to release the Galaxy S10 5G in the United States through Verizon next month. For the time being, the company will enjoy its status as the only 5G Smartphone supplier in the U.S.Verizon opened preorders for the Galaxy S10 5G on April 25 (local time). It is offering up to
With the expansion of 5G coverage and quality improvement work in progress, Korea’s three mobile telecom companies are suffering from a delay in 5G equipment delivery from Nokia. Originally, Nokia was scheduled to deliver 5G equipment to the three mobile carriers by January but the delivery was dela
LG U+ is under fire for beginning to receive subscriptions to its 5G services in areas where it has not established its 5G base stations.LG U+ is activating customers’ 5G smartphones in Busan, even though it has not yet installed 5G base stations and repeaters in the city. The number of 5G base stat
Nokia has begun to deliver its 5G communications equipment to SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ this month, three months behind schedule. The three mobile carriers have received 1,000 to 4,000 units of the equipment so far whereas some have received 30,000 to 40,000 units from Samsung Electronics during the