SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s tech powerhouse, on Friday started shipment of its much-awaited high-end smartphones — Galaxy S6 and its offbeat sister Galaxy S6 Edge — in 20 countries, on the hope that brisk sales will help revitalize its ailing mobile business and take on Apple Inc.’s iPhone [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Before the anticipated release of Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, research firm DOOIT published a survey involving 4,808 Koreans about their interest in Samsung’s new devices. In terms of the most appealing feature of the two devices, 23.2 percent of the respondents picked the devices’ wireless charging system, [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Yonhap) – South Korea’s mobile carriers said Monday they will accept preorders for Samsung Electronics‘ latest high-end smartphone models — the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge – this week, adding that the models will be available for use on April 10. SK Telecom, the country’s leading mobile carrier, said subscribers can make orders [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom slipped below a 50 percent share in the domestic market for the first time in 13 years in February, data showed Wednesday. According to data compiled by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, SK Telecom had 49.6 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom has announced that it will be operating experience centers for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge at 250 SK Telecom stores around the country. A number of the centers have been already established, and the others are scheduled to open before March 26. Customers will be able [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The three biggest mobile network operators in Korea, SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus have joined forces to launch a unified app store platform, One Store, in a move that will combine their current offerings, T Store, Olleh Market and U Plus Store. The three mobile operators invited 350 app developers [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Global mobile messenger provider Viber said Monday it will appeal a South Korean court ruling that may ban its local operation, signaling a protracted battle with South Korea’s No. 1 mobile carrier, SK Telecom. “Because Viber believes the court’s decision was made in error, it is appealing the court’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, said Wednesday it will roll out a smart shopping platform and its related devices at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) to be held in Spain early next month, as it seeks to tap deeper into the online-to-offline (O2O) payment business. The [...]
Seoul, Korea, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) announced today that it successfully demonstrated a 600 Mbps data transmission rate by using Nokia Networks’ 4X4 Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology. 4X4 MIMO is a technology that doubles download speeds by using four transmit antennas and four receive antennas for communication between a mobile device [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom‘s ‘T-Kids Phone’ wearable for children is becoming a success among customers with kids. T-Kids Phone is a coin-sized gadget that can be worn as a wristwatch or necklace. The gadget features an automatic notification-pusher, which sends messages of the whereabouts of children wearing the gadget to their [...]