SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major South Korean mobile carrier, will jointly open an innovation center for research of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing technologies with Microsoft Corp. next year, the Korean company said Thursday. The establishment of the Innovation Center comes as part of KT and Microsoft’s five-year partnership [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s telecommunications giant KT Corp. said Monday it will provide US$450 million worth of network and data center infrastructure to Microsoft Corp. over the next 15 years as part of their partnership for artificial intelligence. The collaboration, which also includes KT’s cloud service unit, KT Cloud Co., follows [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a South Korean telecom company, said Tuesday it will join hands with U.S. technology giant Microsoft to develop the local artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing industries. Under the partnership, the two companies will jointly conduct AI and cloud research projects, KT officials said. “We will do [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) –Amidst strong performance in the technology sector that has propelled the U.S. stock market to new heights, Microsoft has emerged as the most popular overseas stock gifted by South Korean investors since the beginning of this year. According to an analysis by KB Securities, Microsoft topped the list of most [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Tuesday it has decided to approve Microsoft Corp.’s takeover of Activision Blizzard Inc. as the deal is unlikely to hinder competition in the Korean gaming market. The review came amid concerns that Microsoft, which has the Xbox console business under its wing, may disrupt [...]
LONDON and NEW DELHI, India, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Builder.ai, the AI powered next generation composable software development platform that’s so simple and accessible, allowing every individual and business to turn their ideas into software, today announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft, which includes an equity investment in Builder.ai. The collaboration will see the two [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Microsoft Corp.’s search engine Bing is enjoying global popularity on the back of its integration of Open AI’s technology, and South Korea is no exception, data showed Sunday. The nation’s search engine influx rate (market share in search) stood at 62.8 percent for Naver, 31.4 percent for Google and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Solutions Corp. said Thursday its U.S.-based solar panel unit signed a partnership with Microsoft Corp. to supply solar panels and related services to projects under way by the American tech company. Hanwha Q Cells will work with Microsoft to supply more than 2.5 gigawatts of solar panel modules [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group said Wednesday its wholly owned U.S. unit Supernal will collaborate with Microsoft Corp. to develop advanced air mobility (AAM) solutions. Supernal will utilize Microsoft’s cloud computing platform to develop AAM solutions, such as autonomous flight, three-dimensional flight, and virtual manufacturing and services, Hyundai said in a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced the launch of a comprehensive tech support program for promising startups in South Korea to help up-and-coming companies expand globally. The Microsoft Launcher program plans to offer up to 500 million won (US$370,000) worth of support to a select number of startups, according to [...]