SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Owners of the Galaxy S22 series, the latest smartphones by Samsung Electronic Co., are gearing up to sue the company for the models’ built-in game optimizing service, which allegedly limits the phone performance, legal sources said Tuesday. The Galaxy S22 series released last month came under intense scrutiny at [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a revised bill that would ban app store operators from forcing developers to use their own in-app payment systems, the country’s telecommunications regulator said. The revision is a follow-up to the enforcement decree of the Telecommunications Business Act that went into effect in [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major mobile carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — demonstrated high interest in metaverse technology at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022 held last week, based on different motives. SK Telecom, the most fervent supporter of metaverse platforms, plans to take [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of self-employed people who lag behind in information capability compared to large businesses are adopting startup application services designed to help the operation of restaurants and stores. Dodo Cart, a restaurant inventory management app operated by local startup Spoqa, provides an analytical report on the details [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is widely expected to launch its entry-level Galaxy smartphones later this month in response to the March 8 release of Apple’s new iPhone SE, industry sources said Monday. Samsung’s mid-low tier Galaxy A series is forecast to come in various new models — A73, A53, A33 [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — To embrace user complaints over the slowdown in the performance of the Galaxy S22 smartphones series when game apps are running, Samsung Electronics Co. decided to give users a choice. The company issued a notice through the Samsung Members app that it will update its software to enable users [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a South Korean major wireless carrier, said Thursday it has signed a pact with a leading Turkish telecom operator for cooperation in 5G and artificial intelligence services. At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022 in Barcelona, the South Korean operator signed a memorandum of understanding with Turk [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will push to commercialize sixth-generation (6G) services by around 2028, the country’s science minister has said. Science and ICT Minister Lim Hye-sook made the remarks on Tuesday during her speech at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022, a mobile technology trade fair under way in Barcelona. The [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has released its Galaxy S22 smartphones and Galaxy Tab S8 series in South Korea and some 40 other countries, including the United States. On Feb. 10, the world’s largest smartphone maker unveiled its flagship Galaxy S series fitted with stronger chips, eco-friendly features [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The nominee for new CEO of Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top mobile messenger KakaoTalk, vowed on Thursday to boost the company’s stock price back to over 150,000 won (US$125) within his term following a sharp plunge amid a series of mishaps. Namkoong Whon was named to [...]