South Korea

The telco aims to implement the platform in a smart city trial in Busan South Korea’s largest mobile telephony operator, SK Telecom, has launched an open “Internet of Things” platform …

SK Telecom, a South Korean wireless telecommunications operator, announced the successful development of Heterogeneous Network Integration Solution, which enables simultaneous use of different types of networks including 3G, LTE and Wi-Fi to ensure high-speed data service of up to 100 Mbps.

Chip making fab GlobalFoundries is stepping up its collaborative efforts with ARM alliance partner Samsung to jointly offer new 28nm HKMG technology, called 28nm-LPH, the firms said this morning. Just …

Bloomberg | August 28, 2011 | Jun Yang SK Telecom Co., the largest mobile- phone carrier in South Korea, won the rights to use a key frequency for fourth-generation phone …

Reuters | August 28, 2011 | Miyoung Kim Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday it would launch a mobile instant messaging tool in its latest push to attract more consumers …

Reuters | August 24, 2011 | Miyoung Kim, Tarmo Virki The world’s two largest cellphone vendors, Nokia and Samsung Electronics, unveiled new cheaper smartphone models on Wednesday hoping to defend …

Reuters | August 24, 2011 | Hyunjoo Jin South Korea’s top mobile carrier, SK Telecom, said on Thursday that it had no plans to bid for U.S. online video site …

Reuters | August 26, 2011 | Miyoung Kim, Anshuman Daga South Korea’s LG Electronics hasn’t been so smart with its smartphone business. Its mobile phone division has suffered five consecutive …

VentureBeat | August 12, 2011 | Devindra Hardawar Just in time to take on the iPhone 5, Samsung announced today that it will hold a media event in New York …

DigiTimes | August 12, 2011 | Jessie Shen Samsung Electronics has announced its latest Galaxy smartphone, the Galaxy R, which sports a 4.19-inch screen and features the Nvidia Tegra 2 …

Reuters | August 10, 2011 | Hyunjoo Jin, Poornima Gupta A German court has temporarily barred Samsung Electronics from selling its flagship Galaxy tablet in most of the European Union …

Reuters | August 10, 2011 | Hyunjoo Jin, Mayumi Negishi LG Electronics and Sony said on Thursday that they have resolved patent disputes between the two firms spanning smartphones, TVs …

Reuters | August 10, 2011 | Devidutta Tripathy Samsung Electronics, which has been locked in a patent infringement battle with Apple Inc, on Wednesday said a German court order to …

DigiTimes | August 4, 2011 | Daniel Shen, Steve Shen Both LG Electronics (LGE) and HTC plan to launch 3D handsets in the Taiwan market in August. Read the full …

Bloomberg | August 4, 2011 | Jun Yang SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile-phone operator, reported a 3.7 percent increase in second-quarter profit, helped by a higher number of …

The ongoing patent lawsuit between Apple and Korean electronics giant Samsung has put a ban on sales and marketing of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, following a court ruling.

Reuters | July 29, 2011 | Miyoung Kim Samsung Electronics Co is relying on the smartphone market to boost group profits after its flat screen unit reported a second quarter …

DigiTimes | August 1, 2011 | Yenting Chen, Adam Hwang Samsung Electronics, in view of booming sales of its Galaxy i9000 and S2 smartphone, has placed orders for 30 million …

BBC News | July 28, 2011 South Korea has blamed Chinese hackers for stealing data from 35 million accounts on a popular social network. Read the full article here via …