SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — As Pantech, a smartphone manufacturer currently under court receivership, launched its latest phone model “Vega Pop-up Note” at about a half of the original factory price, it quickly ran out of stock within a day. On November 21, the company said that it had prepared about 30,000 Vega Pop-up [...]
“I hope the three neighboring countries of China, Japan, and Korea could get together to create a uniform standard for the mobile transportation card and other technologies such as smart energy, the Internet of Things, and future fusion techs so that the three nations can lead the world in these areas.” “Once the mobile transportation [...]
Seoul, Korea, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) today announced that it launched Smart USB, an appcessory (application + accessory) designed to make presentation easier and more effective for professors, lecturers, office workers, teachers and students. Besides serving as an external memory drive, Smart USB offers all features offered by a presenter device. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A low-cost, higher-quality videoconferencing solution has been developed by a domestic research organization. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute said on November 16 that it has developed a videoconferencing system called “Giga Curix” and successfully completed a seamless pilot run by hosting a virtual meeting held between the National Assembly building [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea will lead in the area of international standards for wearable devices. The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards said on November 14 that it suggested the establishment of a standard setting committee for wearable smart devices at the 78th International Electrotechnical Commission meeting currently held in Tokyo, for [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics will debut its “Gear VR Innovator Edition,” the world’s first smartphone-based virtual reality headset, in the United States early next week. The Gear VR, which will come in frost white color, will be sold with the game pad through its online store. The Gear VR is based on [...]
Seoul, Korea, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) today announced that it successfully developed and commercialized a technology that makes 2G and 3G services possible through LTE network for the first time in the world. Named ‘2G/3G over LTE,’ the technology enhances the stability of 2G/3G mobile networks by utilizing LTE network as backhaul [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom said on November 10 that it would showcase the “Smart Furniture,” the home fixture equipped with communications functionality. Developed jointly with Hyundai Livart, the Smart Furniture can provide a variety of information through the wireless or fixed-line Internet using the touchscreen-enabled mirror. The fixture can be installed in the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Telegram will hold a security contest with award money of 300 million won. The company posted the message on its social networking service pages on November 4 to challenge the world’s hackers to breach its encryption system. The mobile messenger service became famous by the recent incident of a sudden [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — SK C&C, a total IT services provider under the SK Group affiliation, said in a regulatory filing on November 4 that its consolidated operating profit for the third quarter was 71.1 billion won, 18.9 percent higher than a year ago. The sales revenue rose 10.5 percent to 613.4 billion won [...]