#MWC16: Ericsson and SKtel Plan 5G Field Trial This Year
SK Telecom is working with Ericsson to build an end-to-end 5G trial network by the end of this year. The companies recently achieved peak…
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AWS Activates Data Center in Korea
Amazon Web Services launched commercial services from a new facility in Korea. The new Seoul region has two Availability Zones (raising the global total…
Brocade Supplies VCS Data Center Fabric for Korea’s Dong-Eui University
Dong-Eui University, a leading private university in South Korea, is using Brocade’s VCS Fabric technology to virtualize its data center. The scalable network infrastructure…
Nokia Hits 428 Mbps w TD-LTE with 3-Band CA and 256QAM
Nokia Networks, together with SK Telecom, demonstrated 428 Mbps data transmission using TD-LTE 3xCA with 256 QAM. The test used a Qualcomm Snapdragon X12…
LG Launches LTE-Connected Android Smart Watch
LG is launching the first Android Wear smartwatch to feature cellular connectivity The LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE, which begins shipping this month…
AWS to Open Data Center in Korea
Amazon announced plans to open an AWS region in Korea in early 2016. This will be the fifth AWS region in the Asia Pacific…
Ericsson Demos 5G Network Core Slicing with SK Telecom
Ericsson demoed 5G network slicing at an event held by SK Telecom in Korea. The demo showed a single physical network being partitioned into…
5G Trial Hits 19.1 Gbps Using Nokia’s cmWave technology
Nokia Networks and SK Telecom reported an over-the-air transmission speed of 19.1 Gbps. The joint 5G trial in South Korea used Nokia’s cmWave technology,…
Radisys and InterDigital Demo M2M + LTE Core Interoperability
Radisys and InterDigital have demonstrated interoperability between a Radisys end-to-end LTE network, including the CellEngine eNodeB and Evolved Packet Core, with InterDigital’s oneMPOWER Platform.…
China Mobile and ZTE Sign TD-LTE with South Korea
ZTE has signed a cooperation agreement with China Mobile Research Institute and South Korea’s Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) for research…
Ericsson and SK Telecom Collaborate on 5G Network Core Slicing
Ericsson and SK Telecom have signed agreed to collaborate on the development of a 5G core network that deploys network slicing technology. The idea…
SK Telecom Deploys Accedian’s Performance Monitoring
Accedian Networks announced the deployment of its performance monitoring solution across the SK Telecom mobile network — encompassing 12,000 locations across the six largest…
SK Telecom and Nokia Target 5G R&D
SK Telecom and Nokia Networks announced the opening of a 5G research and development center at Nokia Networks’ Korean office. The center will serve…