SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese telecommunications behemoth Huawei Technologies Co. on Friday vowed to beef up its business in South Korea by increasing the purchase of parts for its network equipment and smartphones amid continued U.S. sanctions. Karl Song Kai, head of Huawei’s global media and communications, said Huawei also plans to increase [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to launch an integrated 5G chipset later this year to power upcoming 5G smartphones while decreasing size and power consumption, industry officials said Tuesday. Samsung, the world’s largest chip and smartphone maker, has been working on a mobile processor with a 5G modem built inside, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has been facing a double whammy of the weak memory chip and smartphone market, as well as uncertainties from a trade war between the United States and China, so it is the right moment for its senior management to discuss ways to deal with the rising [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Huawei crisis is having an impact on the heads of South Korea’s top three mobile carriers – SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. – as they have decided not to participate in the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai 2019 scheduled for June 25 to 27. [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A senior official at South Korea’s presidential office cautioned people here Friday against being excessively concerned about the impact of the possible involvement of Huawei, a Chinese telecom giant, in the country’s 5G network. “There’s no impact from the 5G (use) to the defense security of South Korea and [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Huawei Technologies Co. opened its first 5G lab in South Korea on Thursday to expand its presence in the South Korean market, but the ceremony was held in a low-key mode amid a tussle with the United States over its telecom equipment. The Chinese telecom equipment and handset giant [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S.’s decision to ban Huawei Technologies and pressure its allies to follow suit is sending a ripple effect through the South Korean tech industry that has contracts and connections with the Chinese telecom equipment and smartphone maker, analysts said Monday. President Donald Trump’s administration last week placed Huawei [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of smartphones, is expected to solidify its position in the global smartphone market as troubles surrounding China’s Huawei Technologies Co. deepened amid an escalating trade feud between Washington and Beijing, Fitch Ratings said Monday. Google has said it will stop supplying its [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States has stressed to South Korea the security of fifth-generation mobile network equipment, an official at Seoul’s foreign ministry said Thursday, in an apparent move against China’s telecom giant Huawei. A local newspaper reported earlier in the day that the U.S. Department of State has called on [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies are concerned over possible collateral damage as the U.S. government is putting heavy pressure on Huawei Technologies Co., a Chinese electronics manufacturer. While South Korean IT firms are not expecting any immediate impact, they are keeping a close watch on the trade war between the U.S. [...]