Coherent partners with Korea’s ETRI and KAIST
Coherent Corp. signed a memorandum of understanding with two Korean institutions, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) and the ...
In Focus: Korea
Korea’s Role in the AI Infrastructure Build-Out Converge Digest tracks Korea’s digital infrastructure ecosystem across AI infrastructure, semiconductors, memory, cloud platforms, telecom networks, data centers, sovereign AI initiatives and advanced manufacturing. Coverage follows Korean companies, national investment strategies and global partnerships shaping the next generation of AI and communications infrastructure. |
Technology Pillars AI Infrastructure ›Semiconductors ›Memory ›HBM ›Sovereign AI ›Data Centers ›5G ›Cloud › |
Key Players Samsung ›SK hynix ›SK Telecom ›Samsung SDS ›KT ›LG Uplus ›Naver ›LG Electronics › |
| Tracking: Korea • National AI Strategies • AI Infrastructure Investment • GPU Clusters • Semiconductor Clusters • Memory Bandwidth • Foundry • Telecom AI |
Korea Internet Neutral eXchange picks Nokia for optical backbone
Korea Internet Neutral eXchange (KINX) will use Nokia's optical networking solution to connect KINX data centers in Korea.Nokia's Re-Configurable Optical ...
SK Telecom activates bare-metal 5G Core with Ericsson
SK Telecom has activated a bare-metal cloud-native 5G core network, using Ericsson 5G Core and Cloud Native Infrastructure (CNIS).SKT's cloud-native ...
Nokia targets private 5G for Korean public sector
Nokia is partnering with Contela, a global technology vendor, to provide private 5G network solutions to Korean public sector organizations. Under ...
SEMIFIVE raises $109 million for its chip design platform
SEMIFIVE, a start-up based in Korea, raised $109 million in Series B funding for its platform-based SoC design solution.SEMIFIVE’s platform ...
KT and Savills plan subsea cable linking 6 APAC countries
KT and Savills Korea announced plans for a new 9,000 km submarine cable system linking 6 countries in APAC: South ...
Equinix and Singapore’s GIC to build 2 hyperscale data centers in Seoul
Equinix and GIC, SINGAPORE'S sovereign wealth fund, agreed to form a US$525 million joint venture to develop and operate two ...
Digital Realty opens carrier-neutral data center in Seoul
Digital Realty inaugurated its first data center in South Korea. Digital Seoul 1 (ICN10) will serve as a gateway to ...
SK Telecom tests 5G 64TRX vRAN with Nokia
Nokia and SK Telecom have successfully completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) and demonstration of the world's first 5G 64TRX wireless-based cloud ...
KT, NTT DOCOMO and Fujitsu test O-RAN in Korea
The KT Research and Development Center in Seoul, South Korea, has tested Fujitsu’s Open RAN based 5G base station equipment ...
KT activates 5G Standalone (SA) service with Samsung
KT activated Korea’s first commercial 5G SA network in collaboration with Samsung.For this commercial launch, Samsung provided KT its end-to-end ...
SK Telecom to spin off its semiconductor business
SK Telecom will split into two companies: the surviving company (tentatively named “AI & Digital Infra Company”) and the spin-off ...
LG exits the smartphone business
LG Electronics confirmed that it is closing its mobile business unit on a global basis. The company said its strategic ...
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