South Korea’s operator SK Telecom has selected Ericsson to extend its LTE network. The LTE network extension will be carried out by Ericsson’s operating unit in Korea, LG-Ericsson and is scheduled to be completed within the first half of this year.

South Korea’s operator SK Telecom has selected Ericsson to extend its LTE network. The LTE network extension will be carried out by Ericsson’s operating unit in Korea, LG-Ericsson and is scheduled to be completed within the first half of this year. Under the agreement, Ericsson will provide LTE services in some of the country’s major cities including Busan and Daegu.

Demand for LTE services in South Korea has increased rapidly since the commercial launch of the technology in the country in July 2011. By the end of April 2012, SK Telecom reached 2.4 million LTE subscribers. Currently operator has more than 26 million mobile subscribers. 

LG-Ericsson will provide the LTE network including LTE RAN and Evolved Packet Core as well as support services including engineering, design, deployment and support services. The LTE radio access network will make use of Ericsson’s Operation Support System for Radio & Core (OSS-RC) and RBS 6000 base stations.”