SK Telecom on Wednesday its self-developed data center artificial intelligence (AI) chip called Sapeon X220.The carrier claimed the chip had better performance and was cheaper compared to existing GPU. Sapeon X220 had 1.5 time faster deep learning calculation time. Thanks to this, when applied to da

South Korea’s national electric utility had use telecommunication modules made by a Chinese company for a million units of remote metering devices, TheElec has learned.The use has raised criticism that China-made modules are being used for the network of sensitive electric data that is part of a cou

Finnish telecom equipment company Nokia said on Thursday that it has marked 8Gbps download speed on the 5G mmWave network of local telco Elisa.The firm said it used to smartphones for the test, each marking 4Gbps download speed. The two smartphones were connected to two radio equipment individually

South Korean component makers for 5G telecom kits have saw their earnings plummet in the third quarter due to slowdown in investment into 5G networks by telcos in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.KMW saw its sales drop 72% from a year ago in the third quarter. OE Solution saw sales halved in the same

Chinese smartphone giant Huawei will sell its sub-brand Honor to a consortium formed by the Shenzhen local government.Honor accounts for around 30% of Huawei’s smartphone shipment, or around 70 million units a year, and the move will dent the Chinese tech giant’s hope of surpassing Samsung Electroni

Lightron has supplied its optical transceivers for South Korean telco KT’s 5G telecom equipment, TheElec has learned.Lightron was initially omitted from KT’s selection of transceiver suppliers earlier this year. The telco had chosen OE Solution, Intec E&C and Zaram Technology __ however, OE Solution

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