Seoul, Korea, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) today announced the launch of Air Cube, a portable air monitoring device that measures air quality anywhere, anytime, and suggests appropriate actions at emergencies via a designated application on user’s smartphone. Designed to enhance people’s health and well-being, Air Cube monitors the air quality of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO)(http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/) is currently holding an event to celebrate the launch of its official Korean travel mobile app ‘Visit Korea’. Continuing until December 14, 2014, an iPad Air will be given away every week to a lucky winner who participated in the event. So make sure [...]
Seoul, Korea, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) today announced that it, in cooperation with a tablet-based educational solutions provider Chungdahm Learning, launched two pilot projects on Smart Class at Darakam Elementary School and Patumkongka Middle School located in Bangkok, Thailand. The two schools are affiliated with the Institute for the Promotion [...]
Seoul, Korea, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) today announced that it launched Smart USB, an appcessory (application + accessory) designed to make presentation easier and more effective for professors, lecturers, office workers, teachers and students. Besides serving as an external memory drive, Smart USB offers all features offered by a presenter device. [...]
Seoul, Korea, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) today announced that it successfully developed and commercialized a technology that makes 2G and 3G services possible through LTE network for the first time in the world. Named ‘2G/3G over LTE,’ the technology enhances the stability of 2G/3G mobile networks by utilizing LTE network as backhaul [...]
SEOUL and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) ― LG Electronics Inc. (LG) and Google Inc. have entered into a long-term patent cross-licensing agreement covering a broad range of products and technologies. The agreement covers the two companies’ existing patents as well as those filed over the next 10 years. “We’re pleased to enter [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics (LG) announced today that its newest Android wearable, LG G Watch R, will be available for purchase at retail sites throughout Europe including countries such as France, Italy, Spain and the UK in the beginning of November, followed by key markets in North America, Asia and the [...]
Seoul, Korea, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) today announced that the company published a white paper on 5G to suggest new direction for technological evolution to 5G, the next generation mobile communications network. SK Telecom’s white paper on 5G is now available to the public at 5G Global Summit which is [...]
Seoul, Korea, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) today announced that the company was named “Healthcare Telecommunication Company of the Year” at the Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards held in Singapore on October 16. Since 2008, Frost & Sullivan, a global market research company, selects and awards companies across different [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics announced two industry first milestones in the development of 5G telecommunications networking technology, as the company clocked 7.5Gbps, or 940MB per second, the fastest-ever 5G data transmission rate while in a stationary environment. The company was also the industry’s first to achieve uninterrupted and stable connection at 1.2Gbps, [...]