SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s 5G subscribers exceeded 9 million in September, data showed Monday. The number of 5G subscribers stood at 9.25 million as of the end of September, up 590,643 from the previous month, according to data from the Ministry of Science and ICT. The latest figure accounted for 13.2 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday launched a mobile application that allows users to easily locate their misplaced smart devices. SmartThings Find is now available on Samsung’s Galaxy devices globally after the service was tested by 6 million users in South Korea, the United States and Britain for about two [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. launched its new iPhone 12 in South Korea on Friday, joining the fierce competition for the local 5G phone market. The country’s 5G phone market has so far been dominated by local tech giants, such as Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., but the newest iPhone [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the world’s top smartphone vendor in the third quarter of the year, a report showed Friday, as the South Korean tech giant racked up modest sales gains in major markets amid the pandemic. Samsung shipped 80.4 million smartphones in the July-September period, up 2.9 percent [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S20 Plus was the world’s best-selling 5G smartphone model by revenue in the first half of the year, a report showed Thursday, although its dominance is likely to end in the second half with the release of Apple Inc.’s iPhone 12. The Galaxy S20 Plus, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a South Korean telecom giant, unveiled Wednesday its new brand KT Enterprise as part of its efforts to expand its artificial intelligence (AI), big data and cloud services for corporate clients. The wireless carrier said it will pursue developing new digital services under the new brand in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest wireless provider, said Tuesday it will open a new flagship store by partnering with Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. The new store, named T Factory, in the trendy neighborhood of Hongik University in western Seoul, will open on Oct. 31, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy is flaring up over Google Inc.’s alleged profit-sharing collusion with local mobile carriers and smartphone makers. Rep. Yoon Young-chan of the ruling Democratic Party disclosed in the National Assembly’s parliamentary audit of the Ministry of Science and ICT held on Friday that Google, in collaboration with local mobile [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Group chief Lee Kun-hee, who died Sunday at the age of 78, has been recognized as a figure who led the tech giant to become the world’s leading player in the semiconductor and mobile phone sectors with his unrivaled insights. When Lee first took the helm of Samsung [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Sunday introduced a new budget smartphone as the South Korean tech firm seeks to boost its presence in the mobile market with price-competitive devices. LG said the Q52 will go on sale in South Korea on Wednesday with a price tag of 333,000 won (US$290). [...]