SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – IBM has announced that it will concentrate on Internet-of-Things (IoT) businesses in the B2B (business to business) sector, and strengthen cooperation with Korea. At an IoT strategy briefing, Jack Desjardins, who is the vice-president at IBM in charge of the global business development of IoT, talked about possibilities in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom said Wednesday it has agreed to cooperate with Samsung Electro-Mechanics on a power-efficient network technology utilized for Internet of Things (IoT) products. Under the deal, SK Telecom and Samsung will develop the Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) technology, which allows long-range communication with less energy [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. said Tuesday it plans to establish what it calls an open-based Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem in partnership with domestic and foreign firms, as the industry continues to rise as the new battleground for mobile carriers. LG Uplus said it [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, LG Uplus Corp., said Wednesday it would work together with U.S. tech giant Qualcomm Inc. to support local startups, especially for those with business projects related to the Internet of Things (IoT) industry. Under the move, LG Uplus and Qualcomm will chip in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – In order to succeed in the IoT (Internet of Things) market, which is the blue chip of the ICT (Information and Communications Technology) industry, many companies are seeking a symbiotic relationship instead of a competitive one. Home electronics companies and telecommunications companies that provide a formless platform are entering the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics, Korea’s top tech giant, is set to introduce a device promising a better sleep at the forthcoming IFA 2015 to be held in Berlin, Germany, on September 4. Samsung’s SLEEPsense connects to the Internet and home appliances to provide a better environment for sleeping, by analyzing the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – KT, Korea’s second largest mobile carrier, today launched the “GiGA IoT Alliance,” an open consortium for Internet of Things (IoT) related industries, which will support brainstorming ideas for startups, commercializing the ideas, and promoting them overseas. The GiGA IoT Alliance, Korea’s largest IoT consortium, is composed of approximately 100 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Industry watchers are suggesting that Samsung Electronics might find itself stuck between the US and China in the home Internet of Things (IoT) business. A report issued by the KT economic research laboratory predicted that Apple and Google will dominate the platform, and Chinese companies will be a conspicuous entity in [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) – NHN Entertainment, a renowned mobile game publisher, is transforming itself into a composite IT service company by introducing Internet of Things products as well as a payment solution. On July 16, NHN Entertainment introduced a cloud-based IP camera called TOAST Cam. With its cloud technology sending images to data centers [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top mobile giant SK Telecom said Sunday it has joined the LoRa Alliance, the largest consolidated effort by industry leaders to enable the Internet of Things (IoT). The company also unveiled plans to promote the trial launch of diverse ‘Internet of Small Things’ services. SK Telecom said it [...]