SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Biwire) – Pantech, the third largest mobile phone vendor in Korea, and currently under court receivership, released its Vega Iron2 and Vega Popup Note at surprisingly low prices. On November 19, LG U+ lowered the price of the Vega Iron2 from 783,200 won to 352,000 won, for a discount of almost 50%. [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – With an integrated technology of fashion and telecommunications, a groundbreaking change is expected in cloth purchasing patterns in which customers try on at shops and buy them. LG Uplus announced on June 12 that it has introduced “Uplus Board” the first such attempt in the fashion industry that combines [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Smartphone extends its reach of personal assistance features to making “personalized suggestions” of where to eat, in particular when finding out a gourmet restaurant for a special occasion. LG UPlus, one of Korea’s top three wireless carriers, has announced on May 13 that it has added a food map service to its [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) – KT, Korea’s No. 2 mobile telecom service operator, has regained most of the subscribers lost to its rivals during its 45-day suspension period. Beginning on April 27 when it was allowed to resume normal business operations, the company has signed up about 90,000 new customers, about two-thirds of the customers lost [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Uplus announced that it rolled out the world’s first LTE-based security control service applied by “M2M platform” jointly with security company ADT Caps. Through the partnership, the Korea’s third largest mobile telecommunications carrier which fortified the world’s first nationwide LTE network achieved recognition in its advanced LTE technology and [...]
SEOUL, Korea, May 1, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Mobile telecommunications service providers reported disappointing earnings performances in the first quarter. A variety of negative factors have contributed to the earnings shortfalls but the most prominent cause seems to be the increase in marketing costs. On April 30, according to the mobile telecom industry, SK Telecom’s [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 29, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)– As KT starts operating alone in Korea’s mobile telecommunications market as the company is the last runner for a series of suspensions ordered by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, a big change is expected in the market dynamics. KT seems quite determined to make up [...]
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SEOUL, Korea, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – To a decision by three mobile telecom service providers on April 2 to offer their LTE customers unlimited data rates, stock analysts were mixed in their verdict. Some said it was one of the worst moves for their bottom line while still others suggested it could be an [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) – From April 1, 3G and LTE mobile phone service users whose phone number doesn’t begins with “010″ (011, 016, 017, 018, and 019) will get no voice and text services any longer. The number of the unfortunate users is 2,155. That’s because the government’s extended offer to change the [...]