SEOUL, Mar. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giants Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. announced Tuesday they have agreed to halt ongoing legal disputes, ending a years-long court battle over alleged technology theft and vandalism. “(Samsung and LG) agreed to end all ongoing disputes to end tension,” the two companies said in [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, is bolstering the global sales of low-end handsets to maintain its leading market presence, with the latest release of its high-end Galaxy S6 series, industry sources said Thursday. The South Korean tech giant has recently decided to roll out the new [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Group’s pharmaceutical subsidiary Samsung Bioepis will be the third Korean company to manufacture and distribute biosimilar products. The company confirmed that its ‘SB4′ Enbrel biosimilar drug has advanced into regulatory review for manufacturing and marketing by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), according to an announcement on March [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung is sponsoring another round of Crufts in 2015, continuing its long-running sponsorship of the world’s largest dog show, an affiliation that started in 1993. According to an announcement from Samsung Electronics on March 5, Samsung will also exhibit a cutting-edge intelligent dog house, entitled ‘Samsung Dream Doghouse,’ during [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung, which holds one of the leading smartphone makers Samsung Electronics under its wing, was declared as the second-most valuable brand in the globe, data showed Thursday. The price tag on the Samsung brand was estimated at US$81.7 billion in 2015, up 4 percent from a [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Mar. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced new cutting-edge mobile component solutions that advance users’ mobile experiences. These solutions include an 8-megapixel (MP) RWB (Red-White-Blue) image sensor based on ISOCELL technology and an NFC (Near Field Communication) integrated circuit (IC) with [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. on Sunday (Spain time) showed off its new Galaxy smartphones that have the industry’s first wireless-charging batteries and a mobile payment system with wider access, key new features that the tech firm hopes will set the handsets apart from its neck-and-neck rivals when they [...]
Seoul, Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Group will develop about 400 ‘smart factories’ in Gyeongsangbuk-do in collaboration with the Gyeongbuk Creative Economy Center, by 2017. The partners will jointly develop fully automated assembly factories based on MES (Manufacturing Execution System) and IoT (Internet Of Things) technologies. These factories will be also equipped with tailored [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top tech firm Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has decided to freeze pay for its employees for 2015, as the world’s No.1 handset maker struggles to bounce back from a slump in its mainstay mobile business that ate into overall profits. A Samsung official earlier told [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top smartphone maker Samsung Electronics Co. and leading mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday they will jointly promote the fifth-generation (5G) network that runs on high-frequency bands at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), which kicks off in Spain next month. Samsung and SK Telecom will showcase [...]