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5G speed results: great downlink, shame about the latency …
Commercial 5G is delivering much faster download speeds than 4G, but for upload speeds and latency, it’s pretty much 4G business as usual – Opensignal. Read more…
South Korea
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Will South Korea have a million 5G customers by end of June?
As with 2G, 3G and 4G (though less so for 4G), operators are maintaining their ‘build it and they will come’ approach to 5G monetisation. Read more…
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South Korean love hotels business booming and expanding
Love hotels in South Korea have occupied a peculiar space in the broader market, offering privacy for as little as a few hours at minimal cost. Read more…
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5G madness (or: Why no one gives a stuff who launched first)
South Korean and US operators are arguing over who launched 5G first as if anyone cares and any of it matters. Our hot take: Stop. Just stop. Read more…
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Disillusioned South Korean millennials ditching stable jobs
Burned out and disillusioned by repeated night shifts, few opportunities for promotion and high property prices, South Korean millennials ditching stable jobs. Read more…
Off the Wire
SK Telecom launches 5G, signs first enterprise customer
South Korean cellco SK Telecom switched on its 5G network over the weekend, and announced the first enterprise customer for its 5G-AI solution for manufacturers. SK Telecom’s 5G network currently covers the main areas of Read more…
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SK Telecom gets multi-vendor 5G gear to work together
SK Telecom announced that it has successfully tested interoperability between a 5G Non Standalone (NSA) core developed by Samsung Electronics and 5G base stations from Nokia and Ericsson. The test took place at the company’s Read more…
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South Korean cellcos in 5G launch co-op shocker!
ITEM: South Korea’s three cellcos – SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ – have announced plans to launch 5G services in March 2019. And all on the same day. According to the Yonhap news agency, Read more…
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Someone just robbed the Bithumb cryptocurrency exchange
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb said 35 billion won ($31.5 million) worth of virtual coins were stolen by hackers, the second local exchange targeted in just over a week as cyber thieves Read more…
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SK govt releases 5G network sharing plan, cellcos argue over pricing
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT has announced infrastructure-sharing measures to enable the country’s three cellcos to launch commercial 5G services early next year, but operators are already arguing over pricing details. One of Read more…