LG Uplus will build LTE-Railway (LTE-R) networks for 26 stations of Seoul’s subway system, the telco said Thursday.The company will replace the current outdated wireless equipment those that use very high frequency (VHF), installed on Line 4 with LTE-R, it said.LTE-R will allow trains, monitoring ce

South Korean telco LG Uplus has signed long-term contracts with suppliers to secure equipment used to service 10-gigabit internet.Dasan Networks said Wednesday it has signed a supply deal with LG worth 81.3 billion won. It will supply switch, Ethernet passive optical network and other equipment for

SK Telecom and Igloo Security will export their security solutions to Myanmar, the companies announced Tuesday.KOSDAQ-listed Igloo will supply its security information and event management (SIEM) solution, while the South Korean telco will offer security consulting for Myanmar’s National Cyber Secur

Isu Petasys has won an order from Samsung Electronics’ network business to supply multi-layer printed circuit board (MLB), TheElec has confirmed Tuesday.It is the PCB maker’s first direct supply deal with Samsung Network.Last year, Isu Petasys began supplying its MLB to telecom component and equipme

Huawei’s South Korean operation has named a new chief security officer (CSO), the company said Monday.The post will be taken by Lee Joon-ho, the former co-CEO of SsenStone, a South Korean financial security tech firm.Lee was also formerly the chief information security officer (CIO) at Daum and CISO

KT CEO Koo Hyun-mo as been named one of the commissioners on International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) response team to the COVID-19 pandemic, the telco said.Koo will be the only South Korean among 58 members of the BroadBand Commission __ formed in 2010 __ jointly organized by the ITU and UNESC

SK Telecom is offering an accelerator program for promising start-ups in 5G and mobile edge computing (MEC), the company announced.The telco will receive applications for its TIP Ecosystem Acceleration Center (TEAC) program this month and choose five companies to support, it said.SK Telecom will off

Taiwan will offer unlimited data plan for its 5G network when they go live in the second half of the year, according Central News Agency Thursday.Unlimited data plan will start at NT$1399, which will be the “world’s cheapest,” the media reported. It is around 57,700 won in Korean won.South Korea off

Ace Technologies saw a surge in its stock prices despite issuing convertible bonds thanks to market expectations that it will perform well in the second half of the year thanks to its supply deal with Ericsson.The company’s closing price on Wednesday was an increase from 0.91% from a day earlier. A

Japanese telco Rakuten has ordered small-sized optical repeaters for its 4G LTE network from South Korean parts suppliers, The Elec has confirmed.CS and GS Instech each supplied half the initial order placed by the mobile carrier earlier this year, people familiar with the matter said.However, due t

South Korean wireless network parts supplier KMW is expected to post lower sales in 2020 compared to initial analyst forecasts in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to sources and public data collected by TheElec.The government was pressuring local telcos __ SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplu

China's largest mobile carrier China Mobile has secured an additional 700MHz of 5G spectrum from authorities, the company announced Wednesday.It will use it with TV broadcaster China Broadcasting Network (CBN), the telco said. CBN was chosen as a 5G operator last year along side the three local telc

Finnish network giant Nokia announced Tuesday that it has achieved 4.7Giga-bit-per-second (Gbps) data transfer rate on a commercial 5G network in Texas.The speed achieved is the fastest known until now by a network vendor, and comes at a time when chief rival Huawei is suffering from further sanctio

South Korean transceiver maker OE Solutions seems positioned to takeover the local optical transceiver market as key rival Lightron reels from internal and external challenges, according people familiar with the matter.SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, is planning to secure optical t

South Korean telcos are expected to invest less in network infrastructure in 2020 compared to a year prior, likely failing to meet their initial target announced together with the country's tech ministry.KT and LG Uplus this year will invest 3.1 trillion won and 2.5 trillion won, respectively, in ne

South Korea's largest telecom company KT Corp. began operating its second-generation of hotel-service robot – the N bot – enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) as of April 30, the company said.N bot was first launched in December 2019 to service guests, such as by delivering amenities at night tim

Korea’s three telecom companies have said it would be stepping up investment in networks, especially 5G technologies, during the first half of this year, but they have yet to take any action, sources told The Elec.“We have yet to detect any real action, and believe the investment will happen in the

As early as the third quarter of this year, KMW is expected to begin supplying Remote Radio Head transceivers to Samsung Electronics’ network business division for its 4G base stations, according to industry sources on April 16.“We plan on completing the development of the transceivers for Samsung E

KT executives bought up a total of KRW 2.1 billion worth of 111,583 treasury stocks in March to help bolster share prices, according to the telco’s disclosure information analyzed by The Elec.Among the 86 executives, the head of the company’s network research technology unit Lee Soo-gil buying the m

The global telecommunication equipment market grew 2% in 2019 to show a second straight year increase since 2018, according to market research firm Dell’Oro on Mar. 6.This compares with the period between 2014 and 2017 when the market showed 3 straight years of decline. Another notable feature was t