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SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The 5G network services in South Korea have been poorer than expected, with their download speeds and connection far lower than what telecom operators have claimed, an assessment report showed Wednesday. South Korea was the first country to commercialize 5G in April last year, boasting of low latency and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s upcoming foldable smartphone — the Galaxy Z Fold 2 — is expected to sell around 500,000 units this year, larger than its predecessor, a report showed Wednesday. The South Korean tech giant will introduce the latest handset, which folds horizontally like a book, at the Galaxy [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Co. said Wednesday it will launch Microsoft’s Xbox cloud game service here next month. South Korea will be the only Asian country for the xCloud service’s global launch across 22 countries on Sept. 15, according to SK Telecom. The game streaming service allows [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Unlike previous weather forecasts that predicted a record hot summer this year, South Korea is now in the midst of a record-breaking rainy season, dealing a blow to some domestic electronics companies. Based on the Korea Meteorological Administration’ previous forecasts that this year would have a record hot summer, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a second teaser for its new mobile devices launch event featuring K-pop group BTS, as the tech titan seeks to boost gadget sales amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The teaser, released Monday, features BTS, online video game Fortnite streamer Myth and American singer Khalid and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday it has partnered with the country’s top delivery operator Woowa Brothers Corp. to develop a robot delivery service using 5G technology. The two companies signed an agreement to introduce SK Telecom’s 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) technology into Woowa [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is likely to expand its presence in the global network equipment market this year but will remain in a distant fourth as Chinese and European players continue their dominance, a report showed Tuesday. Samsung was estimated to take a 8.5 percent share in the global mobile [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A new camera has been developed to indicate the location of people who cough or sneeze as an image by recognizing the sound of coughing on a real-time basis, the South Korea’s top engineering and technology university said Monday. The camera is expected to contribute to preventing the spread [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of mobile games in South Korea soared to a record high in the first half of the year amid the coronavirus pandemic that has confined more people to their homes, industry data showed Monday. Combined sales of three app markets — Google’s Play Store for Android devices, Apple’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. has increased its smartphone market share in North America in the second quarter of the year amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, a report showed Monday, boding well for the company’s effort to end a slump in its mobile business. South Korea’s No. 2 tech firm accounted [...]