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SK Telecom in 5G project with Bell Labs
19 October 2009
South Korea’s innovative operator SK Telecom is linking up with Bell Labs, owned by Alcatel-Lucent, to focus on new generation communications research, including technology beyond 4G and LTE. The companies could — but don’t — use the term “5G”.
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The two companies have not said how long the deal will last or the commercial relationship that will govern it. So far the deal is simply a memorandum of understanding that provides a framework for research projects in next generation communications networking, they say.
Jae Wan Byun, senior vice president of SK Telecom and head of the...
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