SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it has signed a partnership with a global esports organization to boost its presence in the gaming monitor market. Samsung said it will sponsor its latest display products at T1 Entertainment & Sports (T1), a joint venture between South Korea’s leading mobile carrier SK [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizewire) — LG CNS Co., an IT service unit of South Korea’s LG Group, said Tuesday it has joined hands with a Canadian firm to develop blockchain-based ID system. LG CNS said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Evernym Inc. on establishing global standards for decentralized identifier (DID) service. The [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s leading telecommunication firm, said Sunday it will conduct a research project on epidemic prevention with financial support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. A South Korean consortium led by KT will carry out the project named “A Next Generation Surveillance Study for Epidemic Preparedness,” [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., South Korea’s second-largest chipmaker, said Tuesday it has joined hands with the country’s leading research university to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the chip manufacturing process. Under the memorandum of understanding with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), SK hynix will provide [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Tuesday it will build charging facilities for hydrogen buses at Incheon International Airport, the country’s main gateway, by March 2021. Hyundai Motor will also provide hydrogen buses to the Incheon airport, and French company Air Liquide SA, the world’s biggest supplier of industrial gases, will [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Thursday its esports joint venture (JV) with a U.S. entertainment giant has secured a sponsorship from global automotive giant BMW Group. T1 Entertainment & Sports (T1), a joint venture between SK Telecom and Comcast Spectacor LLC, will be sponsored by [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean over-the-top (OTT) service provider said Sunday it has signed a partnership with a U.S. mass media giant on content supply and development. Content Wavve Corp., which runs the OTT platform Wavve, said it has joined hands with NBCUniversal Media LLC (NBCU) to explore better business opportunities [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will manufacture and sell accessories for smartphones and smartwatches with thread made by melting plastic waste. Samsung collaborated with Danish textile company Kvadrat to produce a case for the Galaxy S20 Plus and a strap accessory to the Galaxy Watch Active2, with fibers that recycled plastic [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Gas Co., the largest local importer and distributor of liquefied petroleum gas, said Tuesday that it will launch a local artificial intelligence (AI)-based energy efficiency service project in a strategic partnership with a French AI solution company. The service, which will be launched with Metron SAS, a startup [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Sunday it has formed an international alliance with nine telecommunication firms to develop 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) technologies and services. SK Telecom said Telecom Edge Cloud TF was established with nine other companies at a GSMA meeting in London [...]