SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics is trying to tap a niche market with Galaxy W phablet, an oversized smartphone which, according to industry sources, might be able to replace the share of the formidable tablet market. But Samsung used a newly coined word of ‘phoneblet’ when launching this huge 7-inch “mini” tablet, [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The so-called “Phone Paparazzi policy,” a compensation scheme for citizen reports on the illegal subsidies aimed at attracting new subscribers to mobile phone or broadband Internet services, will be expanded to all retailers across the country. Currently, the reporting system is applicable to online retailers only. The Korea Association [...]
Las Vegas, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – How can the retailer industry get a customer coming back to the sales floor today when an increasing number of consumers opt for online shopping which in turn witnesses decline of visiting “off-line” stores by consumers? GE Lighting, specialist for energy-efficient solution, came up with a unique solution [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A week after the three major mobile carriers resumed their businesses after suspensions, SK Telecom swept the number portability market with aggressive marketing. According to the industry, from May 20 to 28, SK Telecom marked a net increase of 42,990 subscribers while KT and LG Uplus recorded a net [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom has come up with a mirroring system for smart devices called “Smart Mirroring,” which projects the screen of smartphones and tablet computers onto TVs and other larger screens, in collaboration with an ICT venture Castpro. Smart Mirroring can easily be connected to an HDMI slot on high-definition [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) – After turns of suspensions imposed on the Korea’s top-three mobile communications firms last month, LG Uplus was the one who ended up smiling. According to “Mobile Communications Service Statistics” by the Ministry of Sciences, ICT and Future Planning, LG Uplus’ market share has surpassed the 20-percent mark for the [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The new wireless communications technology “Beacon” sheds light on the way to a new generation of mobile services. “Beacon” is a micro-location-based service using Bluetooth 4.0 technology, which can provide a variety of information to a mobile device within its range of service area. IFFU, a mobile service and [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao, Korea’s largest mobile messenger service operator, decided to merge with Daum, the second-largest Internet portal in Korea after Naver, to overcome the limitation in growth within the domestic mobile industry. On May 26, Lee Sir-goo, CEO of Kakao, admitted the criticism by the business circle that it lacks [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics has reportedly applied for a trademark patent which is speculated to be a new brand for smart glasses. On May 23, the Korean Intellectual Property Office’s patent information searching service Kipris said that Samsung C&T Corporation and Samsung Electronics had applied for a patent called “Samsung Gear [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A man surnamed Lee mentioned how frustrated he was upon receiving text messages containing either video clips or pictures. If he does not recognize the number from which the message originates, it is very likely that the message contains “spam images.” As the telecommunications service providers started to tighten [...]