SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Household & Health Care Ltd. said Monday it will unveil a mini tattoo printer at next week’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona. The cosmetics company said the IMPRINTU device uses vegan cosmetics ink to print images on the skin or certain fabrics. Users can choose from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday it will showcase a new lineup of goods from flagship smartphones to laptops during the upcoming global technology trade fair in Spain. The Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022 is set to take place from Monday to Thursday in Barcelona. It is one of the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — About one month ahead of the opening of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Spain, South Korean companies are still contemplating whether or not to participate as around 70 businesspeople who attended Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week had tested positive for COVID-19. The MWC, one [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will skip in-person exhibitions at the upcoming mobile technologies trade fair due to novel coronavirus concerns, the company said Tuesday, although it plans to join the event online. The world’s largest smartphone vendor will not showcase its products and technologies “offline” at the Mobile World Congress [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it has decided to withdraw from the upcoming mobile technologies trade fair due to concerns over the fast-spreading novel coronavirus. LG said it will not take part in the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020 in Spain, becoming the first South Korean company to cancel [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major telecommunication companies said Saturday they will participate in the upcoming mobile technologies trade fair as planned despite growing fears over the spread of the new strain of coronavirus. The three — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — said they have no [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. will showcase its new flagship smartphone with a dual screen and 5G connectivity at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) in February, industry sources said Tuesday. The Korean electronics giant is scheduled to unveil the new 5G phone, V60 ThinQ, at MWC Barcelona 2020, under the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Corp., South Korea’s dominant Internet portal and search engine, said Thursday that it will develop 5G-enabled service robots in partnership with the country’s telecom giant KT Corp. and U.S. tech firm Intel Corp. The partnership would allow Naver Labs Corp., a R&D subsidiary of Naver, to use Intel’s [...]
BARCELONA, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies Inc. wants to expand investment in South Korea’s 5G infrastructure and services as it moves to strengthen its presence in the key market, a senior network official said Wednesday. South Korean carrier LG Uplus used Huawei’s equipment for its 5G infrastructure and is [...]
BARCELONA, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, said Monday that it will step up security measures on its 5G network that uses Huawei’s equipment, addressing concerns over the Chinese telecom gear maker that’s facing possible bans around the world. LG Uplus CEO Ha Hyun-hoi tried to assuage concerns [...]