LG Electronics announced on August 15 that the company would supply 5G smartphones to Sprint, one of the major mobile carriers in North America, beginning in the first half of 2019.“Smartphones supplied by LG Electronics will become North America's first 5G smartphones,” Sprint said on its websi
South Korea is planning to roll out the world’s first commercial 5G service in March next year. However, the plan may be thwarted as US and Chinese carriers are pushing to launch 5G service within this year.On August 13, China Unicom announced a new strategy dubbed 5G NEXT. According to it, the comp
LG U+ announced on August 12 that the company acquired the Open Virtual Platform (OVP) certification for its network virtualization platform, which is vital to the construction of a 5G telecommunication network for the first time as a mobile carrier.The OVP offers industrial standards on functions a
Samsung Electronics has decided to invest 180 trillion won (US$150 billion) over the next three years until 2020, and investors are busy searching for the stocks that would benefit from it. Samsung's investment covers future growth businesses such as artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology,
Major global mobile carriers are taking steps to put an end to services such as 3G services ahead of the commercialization of 5G mobile services. This move is aimed at using limited frequency resources more efficiently and providing high-quality 5G services.According to telecom industry sources on A
Will it quell the speculation that the semiconductor business has already reached its peak?Following SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics also dismissed the speculation that the ongoing semiconductor super cycle might have already reached its peak. Samsung Electronics expects stable demand for both server
Edge computing, a new computing method developed under Korea’s leadership, has become a global standard. The new computing technology gives the Korean cloud computing industry a chance to catch up with those of leading countries.On July 30, the National Radio Research Agency of the Ministry of Scien
LG U+ announced on July 25 that the mobile carrier would introduce next generation transmission equipment from Dasan Network Solutions and Ubiquoss, both of which are Korean equipment manufacturers, to build the world's first commercial 5G telecommunication network.The equipment is a high-perfor
KT has unveiled “KT Network Blockchain” that applies blockchain technology to commercial networks. The company plans to expand the size of the domestic blockchain market to one trillion won by 2022 by applying blockchain technology to KT's five major platforms, including those for artificial int
As South Korea`s three major mobile carriers have all released unlimited data plans, market watchers are expressing concern that the quality of LTE communication would drop due to a rapid increase in data usage. Considering that LTE frequency bands are limited, a considerable amount of users who hav
The debate over network neutrality between telecom operators and Internet and content providers is heating up again as the launch of world's first 5G mobile service imminent draws near.Mobile carriers are insisting that the net neutrality principle be eased so that the huge cost for building 5G
Korea’s three mobile carriers have called on the government to provide support, such as tax benefits and easing the network neutrality rules, for commercialization of 5G services that is expected to cost up to 20 trillion won (US$18 billion) of investment over the next five years.While promising to
Samsung Electronics has successfully developed the industry’s first 10-nanometer (nm) class 8-gigabit (Gb) LPDDR5 DRAM.Since bringing the first 8Gb LPDDR4 to mass production in 2014, Samsung has been setting the stage to transition to the LPDDR5 standard for use in upcoming 5G and Artificial Intelli
Samsung Electronics and Huawei are expected to have a two-runner race in the competition to supply 5G network equipment to Korean mobile service providers.The three Korean mobile carriers – SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ -- are set to select equipment suppliers as they are preparing to launch the world’s
KT plans to enter the European market in partnership with a German telecom equipment manufacturer.KT announced on July 12 that it has signed an MOU on July 10 with Albis-Elcon, a German telecommunication equipment and solution provider, for strategic cooperation.Albis-Elcon has offices in 10 countri
With the 5G commercialization coming up in March next year, Samsung Electronics is beefing up investment in the telecommunication equipment business. The Korean IT giant aims to rank in the top three in the global market in five years.According to the industry on July 11, Samsung Electronics is exte
With the selection of telecommunication equipment suppliers imminent for commercialization of 5G mobile service, the three Korean mobile carriers -- SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ -- have plenty to ponder over choosing China’s Huawei as their equipment supplier.The selection of an equipment vendor has bec
SK Telecom and Samsung Electronics announced on July 3 that they succeeded in developing a switchboard exclusively for 5G that meets international 5G standard.A 5G-only switchboard carries wireless data between a 5G base station and an Internet server. The switchboard is loaded with a variety of tec
The security vulnerabilities of Huawei products have been rapidly increasing every year. Huawei recently said that there was no security problem with its products, reassuring Korean mobile operators who have to select equipment suppliers to build their 5G networks. But analysts are saying that Huawe
Park Il-joon, president of Korea East-West Power Co., said that the company would use the gas field offshore Ulsan as a floating wind power generation farm. East-West Power aims to increase the proportion of new and renewable energy such as wind power and solar power to 25% (5GW) of its total power