Samsung rolling out a dedicated Internet of Things network across South Korea

South Korea is already one of the most wired countries on Earth, and the latest effort by Samsung and SK Telecom won’t do anything to hurt that fact. The two have paired up to roll out a commercial network dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT) across the country. The wireless network will serve as infrastructure for various public services and businesses, allowing devices to gather, share and make use of data like weather and traffic conditions.

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With city car parking management, you could have notifications of when certain parking spaces are available or when parking spaces are available etc

New record for wireless data transmission set at 6 Gbps

That would be ok in the internet of things like in the car

All the way along the hume etc

CrazyNeutrino said:

New record for wireless data transmission set at 6 Gbps

That would be ok in the internet of things like in the car

All the way along the hume etc

I don’t quite get 6Gb/s at the Redoubt even with a yagi antenna.

World record Internet data transfer rate almost 50,000 times faster than broadband

At a blistering 1.125 terabits per second, a new optical communication system developed by University College London (UCL) researchers has created a new record for the fastest ever data transfer rate for digital information. At the quoted rate, say the researchers, the entire HD series of the TV show Game of Thrones could be downloaded in less than one second.

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Here’s how the Internet of Things will explode by 2020

The Internet of Things (IoT) has been labeled as “the next Industrial Revolution” because of the way it will change the way people live, work, entertain, and travel, as well as how governments and businesses interact with the world.

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how the world got hacked

> South Korea is already one of the most wired countries on Earth

Agree.

There will be 34 billion IoT devices installed on Earth by 2020

By 2020, more than 34 billion internet-connected devices will be installed globally — that’s more than 4 devices for every human on earth.

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Netherlands rolls out world-first nationwide Internet of Things network

South Korean telco SK Telecom recently claimed it was rolling out the world’s first nationwide Internet of Things (IoT) network, but it looks like the Netherlands has beaten it to the punch. Dutch telecommunications company KPN has switched on its own system this week, which reportedly covers the entire country and will be used to connect millions of devices.

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mollwollfumble said:

> South Korea is already one of the most wired countries on Earth

Agree.

yeah , they also eat 2.5 million dogs every year

wookiemeister said:

mollwollfumble said:

> South Korea is already one of the most wired countries on Earth

Agree.

yeah , they also eat 2.5 million dogs every year

So you’re saying for a better NBN we should start eating our beloved pooches?

Witty Rejoinder said:

wookiemeister said:

mollwollfumble said:

> South Korea is already one of the most wired countries on Earth

Agree.

yeah , they also eat 2.5 million dogs every year

So you’re saying for a better NBN we should start eating our beloved pooches?

well it could if we just broadening our diet to include everything

South Korea’s nationwide IoT network completed six months early

The race to roll out a nationwide network for Internet of Things (IoT) devices may have come to a photo finish. When Dutch telecommunications company KPL announced last week that the Netherlands was the first country to switch on a nationwide IoT network, it seemed to beat South Korea to the punch. But SK Telecom reported on Monday that it has also completed its own network across South Korea, announcing prices for its IoT services and its future plans for the network.

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