SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s information and communications technology (ICT) sector has the largest portion of the value added against other segments among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) members, thanks to its strength in electronics and optical productions, a report showed Tuesday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy came first with the value [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – SK C&C will build an intelligent transportation system (ITS) for the Hanoi-Haiphong Expressway, with aims to make further advances into the ITS market in the South Asian region. According to the system integration arm of SK Group, it received a license from Vietnam to build ITS infrastructure with a traffic [...]
Seoul, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A conference gauging the progress of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies, which are receiving attention as the multimedia services of the future, was held on July 22. SK Telecom hosted a forum to discuss the present and future of immersive multimedia services such as augmented reality and virtual reality. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean government’s open data index ranks first among OECD countries, according to the OECD’s ‘Government at a Glance 2015’ report published on July 6. The OECD report’s open government data section for 2015 is the first of its kind in the biennial report, and it shows the availability, [...]
“Currently, Korea’s IT market is stagnant and multiple players are sharing the limited market. We, SK C&C, will restructure the ICT industry ecosystem through M&As among domestic players or international cooperation, and will lead the change in business environment.” “If we integrate ICT convergence technologies into Korea’s advanced ICT services in other industries, we can [...]
“Based on the Total Integration Management System (TIMS), we will make Gwangju Summer Universiade an “IT Festival” so that people can enjoy the sports festival anytime and anywhere in the world.“ “Gwangju Universiade, which will be managed by cutting-edge IT technologies, will bring much joy to spectators and peace of mind to athletes enabling them [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Web portal operator Daum Kakao is set to introduce a service which enables the government, companies and the press to write comments for online news articles through official commenting channels specially dedicated to them. Named ‘Official Comments,’ the service will start in the third quarter of the year, after [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics is expected to further cement its lead in the global solid state drive (SSD) market this year, far outstripping Intel and other rivals, industry data showed Sunday. Samsung’s revenue from the segment will likely reach US$4.57 billion this year, grabbing 35 percent of the world [...]
INCHEON, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea Thursday committed millions of dollars to equip classrooms in three African countries with information technology. Education Minister Hwang Woo-yea signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Irina Bokova, secretary-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), stating that South Korea would contribute US$6 million [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Major electronics brands Apple and Samsung saw their shares in the global tablet PC market plunge in the first quarter of 2015, data showed Monday, dented by the rise of Chinese companies tapping deeper into the “white box” segment. U.S. tech giant Apple accounted for 24.3 percent of the global [...]