China has commercialized 5G standalone (SA) network.China Telecom said it will offer 5G SA services to over 300 cities in China at a press event held with Qualcomm at Guangzhou on Friday.South Korea is yet to launch 5G SA networks and is planning to use it for business-to-business applications.In Se

SK Telecom’s latest 5G network built at Jinju City, South Gyeongsang Province used wireless fronthaul kit supplied by Ericsson, TheElec has learned.It is the Swedish telecom equipment giant’s first supply of wireless fronthaul equipment that used its previous wireless backhaul equipment with Etherne

South Korean telecoms component maker Ace Technologies will supply ceramic filters for 5G equipment to a global telecom equipment maker.It will began supplying the filters in the first half of 2021 after distributing the volume with other selected suppliers, it said.The deal is worth 100 billion won

Samsung Electronics has launched its Galaxy device locating service SmartThings Find.Consumers can use the SmartThings app to locate their Galaxy smartphones, tablets, smartwatches and ear buds.Devices that are offline from network or Bluetooth can be located.Devices registered to SmartThings Find w

Finnish telecoms giant Nokia saw its shares on the New York Stock Exchanges plummet 17.28% on October 29 after its third quarters earnings announcement.The company reported operating income of 350 million euros and sales of 5.294 billion euros for the quarter.It was a drop of 7% in sales from a year

US’s Cisco and South Korean network solution company Genians will collaborate in software-defined access (SDA) and network access control (NAC), the pair said on Monday.SDA will allow network to automatically recognize the user to apply the appropriate policy, Cisco said.The US company will share it

SK Telecom has begun testing of 28GHz mmWave 5G communication in commercial networks in Seoul, TheElec has learned.The carrier secured communication modules for testing that supports the spectrum earlier than competitors KT and LG Uplus, people familiar with the matter said. Testing started last mon

South Korean carrier has begun their pre-orders for Apple’s iPhone 12 on Friday.Official sales will start a week from now on October 30.SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus are offering various benefits to lure customers.

US carrier Verizon has requested that Samsung Electronics not use Chinese components related to their recent 7.9 trillion won network kit supply deal, people familiar with the matter said.South Korean printed circuit board (PCB) maker Isu Petasys was aiming to become a replacement supplier for PCBs

Commercializing mmWave 5G network, which is the true 5G, was a big focus of Samsung Electronics’ network business, a company executive said.Woojune Kim, executive vice president at Samsung Network, was speaking at Qualcomm 5G Summit 2020.Samsung showed a great deal of potential of mmWave 5G, Kim sai

Half the amount of Samsung Electronics’ 7.9 trillion telecom equipment supply deal to US carrier Verizon is for software, TheElec has learned.This shows that Samsung Network’s software competence is increasing fast, people familiar with the matter said.Previously, software was considered an area tha

SK Telecom will split-off its mobility operation as a separate company called T Map Mobility, the carrier said on Friday.The motion will be proposed in a shareholders’ meeting next month.US car-hailing giant will invest US$50 million into T Map Mobility.SK Telecom said it values T Map Mobility at 1

Global telecom equipment giants Ericsson and Nokia are reducing production in China.Their suppliers, South Korean companies KMW and Ace Technologies are also developing and producing their goods in Vietnam facilities instead of those in China in reaction to this, TheElec learned on Tuesday.The move

SK Telecom has launched a pay-per-use call center service aimed at enterprises based on Amazon Web Service’s (AWS) Amazon Connect cloud call center service.The service, called Smart Contact Center, will be up to 80% cheaper than call centers that needs to be built, the carrier said, as it will save

SK Telecom will launch its wireless earphones, or true wireless stereo (TWC), called Nugu Buds next month, the company said on Monday.It will cost less than 100,000 won, the carrier said, claiming that it will be the most price competitive model in South Korea.Apple Airpods cost 199,000 won in the c

When 5G standalone network will be rolled out in South Korea is now in doubt after the country’s tech minister said it wasn’t thinking of providing 28GHz services for all citizens.South Korea has rolled out 5G non-standalone network last year __ in which 4G network’s control plane is used together w

Samsung Electronics’ network business will likely see its 2020 sales drop compared to 2019 despite its recent supply deal with US carrier Verizon.Samsung Network was internally discussing its 2021 sales target to be similar to that of 2019, people familiar with the matter said.The supply to Verizon

The UK’s largest telco BT will use Nokia’s equipment to replace those of Huawei.The Finnish telecom equipment giant will now become the largest supplier of equipment to the telco, replacing its Chinese rival.BT currently uses Huawei and Nokia’s equipment at around a two to one ratio. Nokia last mont

Telecom equipment and component maker Gigalane has begun mass supply of antenna and filters for base stations to Samsung Electronics, TheElec has learned.The company’s factory in Vietnam was approved to supply by Samsung Network in January. Gigalane supplied its initial batch to the South Korean tec

KT led AI One Team, an industry alliance of companies collaborating in artificial intelligence (AI) services, has shared their achievements of the past six months at their own summit on Friday, the telco said.AI One Team started with KT, Hyundai Heavy Group, KAIST, Hanyang University and Electronics