SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Thursday that it will expand a real-time sharing service for so-called ‘green’ parking lots or spaces in residential areas. The green parking lots were introduced in 2004 as part of efforts to address parking problems in residential areas. The city government subsidized the [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment announced Wednesday the introduction of a new bill that will require Internet of Things (IoT) measuring devices to be installed at sites of major greenhouse gas emissions. Once the bill takes effect, businesses categorized as sites of smaller amounts of greenhouse gas emissions (Types 4 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s internet-of-things (IoT) device subscriptions hit over 10 million last year on the back of growing use of connected cars and remote control services. As of the end of last year, the number of mobile connections to such devices stood at 10.05 million, up around 2 million from [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean vaccine maker SK Bioscience Co. will be assigned to the role of managing and distributing COVID-19 vaccines for the coronavirus through an Internet of Things (IoT)-based integrated control center. The company will be bringing in the first batches of Pfizer Inc.’s vaccines, which will require cold storage. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it has signed a partnership with Google on smart home solutions as the South Korean tech giant tries to expand its presence in the Internet of Things (IoT) sector. Samsung said its IoT platform, SmartThings, will support Google Nest devices, including thermostats, cameras and [...]
PHOENIX, US, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Leading global technology solutions provider Avnet (Nasdaq: AVT) today expanded its product line for rapid IoT development with the launch of the AVT9152 module, designed for a range of embedded applications requiring cellular connectivity yet demanding low power consumption and minimal component size. This new addition to the Avnet [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Enterprise Corp., an artificial intelligence (AI) unit of the country’s largest mobile messenger operator, Kakao Corp. said Tuesday it will strengthen its Internet of Things (IoT) business for smart homes and collective housing complexes in collaboration with smart home solution provider COMMAX Co. In 2017, Kakao Enterprise’s AI [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Agricultural Technology Center announced Sunday that it has distributed Internet of Things (IoT)-based indoor plant cultivators to local government agencies for a test run. Indoor plant cultivators control lighting, temperature, humidity and nutrients to ensure the stable growth of plants. Each cultivator is 2.25 meters wide, 0.8 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul city plans to install Internet of Things (IoT) sensors in the homes of 10,000 elderly people living alone by the end of this year. This move is aimed at dispatching 119 rescue squad as rapidly as possible when an emergency situation occurs. The Seoul Metropolitan Government unveiled the [...]
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Pulse Secure today announced new features to its Network Access Control (NAC) solution, Pulse Policy Secure (PPS), that enhance endpoint and IoT device visibility, compliance, remediation, and threat response as organizations embrace expanded remote work flexibility with employees and their devices returning to a hybrid workplace. Available separately or as part [...]