SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s two major mobile telecom service operators, KT and LG Uplus, are expected to get penalized for using their dominant market power in the enterprise messaging service market. According to industry sources on July 11, the Fair Trade Commission has recently completed its investigation on the two companies upon reports that [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — XBT Holding Ltd. announced the acquisition of ColocateUSA, an enterprise colocation, dedicated servers and VPS provider. ColocateUSA is based in North Texas, an area widely known for its actively growing technological sector. The company’s specializes in enterprise application development and online services, thus benefiting from the expertise [...]
DUBLIN, IRELAND, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Research and Markets (http://bit.ly/VZFeDe) has announced the addition of the “M2M Satellite Communication Market 2014-2019 – Worldwide Market Forecast and Opportunities” report to their offering. Machine-to machine (M2M) market represents an interesting and potentially huge revenue stream for the satellite industry. Terrestrial network currently covers only 10% of [...]
SANTA CLARA, Calif. July 8, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Technology industry leaders Atmel Corporation, Broadcom Corporation, Dell, Intel Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Wind River, are joining forces to establish a new industry consortium focused on improving interoperability and defining the connectivity requirements for the billions of devices that will make up the Internet of Things [...]
Seoul, Korea, Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) today announced that it signed a MOU with Telecom New Zealand for cooperation in business and technology with regard to Internet of Things(IoT). The signing ceremony of the MOU took place in Oakland, New Zealand and was attended by Cho Seung-won, Senior Vice President and [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – In order to give parents with small children the peace of mind, SK Telecom has introduced a new wearable phone “T Kids Phone JooN” with accompanying rate plans. The largest mobile telecom operator in Korea said on July 7 that it would hold a promotional event on the 8th for housewife [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A study said Korea’s mobile telecom service providers need to embrace a new trend among mobile subscribers to use more data while relying less on voice services. According to the Korea Information Society Development Institute on July 4 in a report “The Impact of Increasing Mobile Data Traffic on Voice Traffic” by [...]
Seoul, Korea, Jul. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) today announced that it signed a MOU with Ericsson, a world leader in communications technology and services, at headquarters of Ericsson in Stockholm, Sweden for joint research for 5G-related technologies. In the MOU, SK Telecom and Ericsson agreed to cooperate in studying and developing core [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A study shows that smartphone users lead happier life than those who do not use smartphones. According to a report “Correlation between Smartphone Using and Life Satisfaction” by the Korea Information Society Development Institute, the satisfaction index in personal life such as achievements, health and personality of smartphone users [...]
Seoul, Korea, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) today announced that it opens ‘SK Telecom Healthcare R&D Center’ and ‘Shenzhen VISTA-SK Medical Center’ in Software Park in Shenzhen, China, signaling the company’s entry into the country’s healthcare market. Shenzhen VISTA-SK Medical Center, opened jointly by SK Telecom and VISTA, a Chinese medical corporation, [...]