SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — KT (Korea Telecom) announced on October 27 that it had succeeded in interconnecting 5G demonstration networks with 5G terminals of Samsung Electronics at the main stadium and other sports stadiums designated for the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. In addition, a pilot to transmit bulk images through 5G services [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it will work with Germany-based TUV SUD to certify the performance of its light-emitting diode (LED) products for automobiles. TUV SUD is a German inspection and certification firm that boasts a history of testing automobile parts going back more than 100 years. Under the agreement, Samsung will have its LED products verified by TUV SUD, ensuring performance and reliability for consumers. Products that pass tests [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean consumer electronics producers Samsung and LG have said American refrigerator manufacturer Whirlpool’s growing calls for U.S. trade authorities to impose safeguard tariffs on its rivals could restrict choices for consumers. The two South Korean electronics giants are increasingly having to defend their position in the U.S. refrigerator market [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. were among the least environment-friendly IT companies worldwide in terms of their use of renewable energy and harmful chemicals, a report by Greenpeace showed Tuesday. The two South Korean electronics companies each scored a “D-” and a “D+” in overall grades for [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics CEO and Vice Chairman Kwon Oh Hyun’s decision to resign by March of next year has left Samsung Group Vice Chairman Lee Jae Yong as the clear successor to his father as the head of the Samsung empire. After the resignation of fellow Vice Chairman Choi Ji [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s latest aggressive marketing tactic against rival LG Electronics Co. in the high-end TV field appears to be part of its efforts to get ahead in the consumer electronics sector. Samsung Electronics has been at the forefront of liquid crystal display (LCD) TV technology that has helped [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The eyes of the smartphone industry are trained on India with Samsung, Apple and Xiaomi all releasing their latest flagship products within weeks of each other. Though the Indian smartphone market has been predominantly composed of mid to lower-tier smartphones in the past, recent economic development has led to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Telecom Co. on Thursday demonstrated the communication between fourth-generation and fifth-generation networks for the first time in the industry, the companies said. The South Korean tech giant and the country’s No. 1 mobile carrier said they successfully made communications between the long-term evolution (LTE) [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it launched the industry’s first 128-GB embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS) for automobiles, tapping deeper into the premium memory market. The South Korean tech giant mass produced the mobile 128-GB eUFS for smartphones in January 2015. Samsung said the new product is optimized for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Responses to Apple and Samsung Electronics’ latest flagship releases in the Chinese market have been lukewarm to downright disappointing. Domestically, Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note 8 has performed like a rock star, alleviating company insiders’ concerns that the Galaxy Note 7 exploding debacle would keep customers away. Over the pre-sales [...]