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Retail Asia18/02/2020
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Telecom

KT and Samsung to develop 5G-powered medical service

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KT Corporation, along with Samsung Medical Center (SMC), has announced the launch of a 5G-enabled medical service as an initial step to set up a 5G-based smart hospital. The pilot project, which is developed by the Seoul-based South Korean telecom giant, developed service environments in operating and proton therapy rooms and performed a test operation. […]
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Retail Asia29/01/2020
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Telecom

KT and Samsung to develop 5G-powered medical service

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KT Corporation, along with with Samsung Medical Center (SMC), has announced the launch of a 5G-enabled medical service as an initial step to set up a 5G-based smart hospital. The pilot project, which is developed by the Seoul-based South Korean telecom giant, developed service environments in operating and proton therapy rooms and performed a test […]
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Retail Asia24/01/2019
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Automotive

KT, Hyundai Mobis join to develop connected-car tech

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KT said Thursday that it will collaborate with Hyundai Mobis to develop self-driving and connected-car technology.  The two companies agreed to work on real-time navigation technology and vehicle-to-everything technology, which will allow cars to communicate with connected devices. To enable development, the telecommunications company said it will install 5G infrastructure at the Hyundai Mobis test-drive course […]
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Retail Asia10/01/2019
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Telecom

Korea’s KT 5G bus hits the road

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Are you curious about all the hype over 5G? A ride on a 5G-powered bus may answer some questions. Mobile carrier KT announced Tuesday that people can sign up for free rides on its 5G bus. The bus will be connected to its ultra-fast 5G wireless network and will demonstrate devices that can be used to […]
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Retail Asia19/12/2018
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Automotive

LG U+ 5G pass self-drive test on expressway

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LG U+ has successfully tested a 5G-powered self-driving vehicle on an expressway for the first time. The mobile carrier announced Tuesday that a self-driving car developed by Hanyang University successfully drove on LG U+’s 5G network for 25 minutes across seven kilometers (4.35 miles) of busy city roads including the Gangbyeon Expressway and Olympic Expressway. […]
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Retail Asia05/12/2018
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Telecom

Factories, tractors and robots benefit from 5G in Korea

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All three of Korea’s mobile carriers launched their 5G networks on Saturday, the first day of December, officially kicking off an era of the high-speed network. SK Telecom started transmissions from its Bundang network management center in Seongnam, Gyeonggi; KT from its Gwacheon network control center in Gyeonggi; and LG U+ from Magok Science Park […]
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Retail Asia28/11/2018
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Telecom

KT subscribers jump ship after fire accident

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KT’s week has taken yet another turn for the worse as the fire that caused major telecommunications disruptions in Seoul and the surrounding area has likely left the company with a hefty compensation bill and subscribers looking to take their business elsewhere. According to data from the Korea Telecommunications Operators Association on Tuesday, the number […]
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Retail Asia19/11/2018
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Telecom

KT promotes its 5G team to run entire mobile business

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Mobile carrier KT announced its annual reshuffle Friday as it actively prepares to gain a strong foothold in 5G-related activities in 2019. The next-generation 5G mobile network is expected to be 20 times faster than the current 4G network. Mobile carriers are working to achieve commercialization of the technology by March next year. KT’s 5G business […]
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Retail Asia12/11/2018
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Telecom

Korea’s KT skips Huawei for 5G

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KT has chosen Samsung Electronics, Ericsson and Nokia as suppliers of 5G network equipment. As expected, Huawei was excluded from the list.  “In choosing 5G equipment providers, the company considered a wide range of factors: the level of technology, investment costs and management stability based on the compatibility with the existing LTE network,” KT said […]
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Retail Asia23/10/2018
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Telecom

KT secures $26.5m smart meter project in Uzbekistan

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South Korean telco KT has signed a 30 billion won ($26.5 million) contract with state-run power electricity supplier Uzbekenergo to install smart meters in Uzbekistan. Under the deal, KT will install smart meters in 360,000 households throughout the central Asian country over the next two years. KT has made its foray into Uzbekistan’s energy sector since […]
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Retail Asia22/10/2018
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Telecom

KT’s Kids’ Land is now available on the move

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KT’s Kids’ Land will soon be available on the move, as the mobile carrier tries to take on YouTube Kids by moving its popular child-friendly content service to smartphones. Kids’ Land, which launched in May on KT’s internet-protocol TVs, is now used by 3.6 million customers, according to KT. By creating a mobile app that […]
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Retail Asia16/10/2018
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Telecom

KT expands reach of AI-powered smart city solution to SEA

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South Korea’s KT has announced plans to expand the reach of its self-developed AI technology with the launch of services for hotels and smart cities in Southeast Asia. The operator will introduce customized AI solutions for the market, starting with Vietnam. KT last month entered an agreement with Vietnam’s largest construction company Hoa Binh Construction Group (HBC) JVC for the […]
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Retail Asia24/09/2018
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Real Estate

KT signs partnership to build AI hotels in Vietnam

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KT said Tuesday that it inked a partnership with Vietnam’s largest construction company, Hoa Binh Construction Group, to build artificial intelligence-equipped hotels and smart cities. Based on the partnership, the two companies plan to install AI services in hotels and apartments in Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries. In the longer term, the two hope […]
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Retail Asia14/08/2018
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Telecom

KT korea to offer discount SIMs to tourists

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KT, Korea’s second-biggest wireless services provider, said Friday it will provide discounts on SIM cards and WiFi services to foreigners visiting the country. Foreign travelers can receive a discount of up to 50 percent on KT’s mobile roaming services when ordering from the company’s English website by the end of this year, KT said. The […]
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Retail Asia10/07/2018
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Telecom

Weaker Q2 earnings expected for major carriers

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Two of Korea’s three major telecom carriers are presumed to have posted weaker earnings for the April-June period from a year earlier, industry watchers said Sunday, apparently on increased mobile user discounts and changed financial reporting standards. According to the data compiled by market tracker FnGuide, SK Telecom, the country’s largest telecom network operator, is […]
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Retail Asia28/11/2017
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Electronics

A bit more work for Apple Korea flagship

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Construction work on Apple Korea’s first flagship store in Seoul is set to be completed just before Christmas. On a 1300sqm site in fashionable Sinsa-dong, the two-storey Apple Store will feature an exterior glass wall. “The construction work that started in August is expected to be completed by December 23,” says a construction agency official, […]
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Retail Asia09/09/2017
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Telecom

IoT to be a $1.8tr revenue opportunity for cellcos

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The Internet of Things will represent a $1.8 trillion revenue opportunity for mobile operators by 2026, thanks in part by the early deployment of commercial low power wide area (LPWA) networks in licensed spectrum, according to the GSMA. Research conducted for the industry association by Machina Research found that new mobile IoT applications and services […]
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