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LG Uplus pins hopes on LTE

Nov 27, 2011

Telecom carrier to commercialize world’s first all-IP based networkJEJU ― LG Uplus, the nation’s third-largest telecom carrier, on Friday unveiled a plan to introduce a new high-speed network integrating voice, data and other media.“We will open a new era of telecom service, which has never been experienced thus far,” LG Uplus CEO Lee Sang-chul said during a news conference at the Ramada Plaza Jeju Hotel. The First All-IP Seamless Total Network, or FAST, enables the multiple use of telecom servi
Samsung sells 300,000 LTE smartphones in Korea

Nov 25, 2011

Samsung Electronics Co. sold more than 300,000 units of smartphones running on long-term evolution networks, the high-speed wireless data service, in about one month of their debut, according to industry data released Friday. Since sales began on Oct. 27, Samsung’s Galaxy S2 LTE smartphone accounted for around half of South Korea’s burgeoning LTE phone market that is estimated at 600,000 units, according to data from South Korea’s three mobile operators. The data was gathered up until Nov. 22.Tw
Facebook, HTC building Android smartphone: report

Nov 25, 2011

Facebook has allied with Taiwan's HTC to build a customized smartphone powered by Google's Android mobile operating system, according to technology blog All Things Digital.The project, code named "Buffy," is aimed at making a handset tailored for the California-based social networking platform, acco
Microsoft president discusses cloud biz, data center in S. Korea

Nov 24, 2011

A Microsoft Corp. senior executive met South Korea‘s telecommunications regulator on Thursday to discuss ways to expand ties with South Korea by collaborating on new businesses that may include building a data center, government officials said.Jean Philippe Courtois, president of Microsoft’s international business, met Choi See-joong, chairman of the Korea Communications Commission (KCC), in Seoul to talk about the U.S. company‘s investment opportunities in the country and measures to forge coll
KT gets green light to end 2G service

Nov 23, 2011

The Korea Communications Commission granted KT Corp. permission to end its feature phone service beginning on Dec. 8 on Wednesday.The state telecom regulator said KT will have two weeks to inform its existing 159,000 feature phone users by at least two different methods -- including mail -- that the
Samsung in final talks for Google TV: president Yoon

Nov 22, 2011
ZTE plans 2 billion yuan center for China Unicom e-books

Nov 22, 2011

ZTE Corp., China’s second-largest phone-equipment maker, plans to invest 2 billion yuan ($314 million) in a facility to support China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd.’s e-book service.The Internet center in Changsha will be expanded over the next three years to more than 1,000 workers from 300 now, ZTE Vice President Yu Yifang said in an e-mail to Bloomberg News Tuesday. The center will support the WoReading service that China Unicom started in April, he said.ZTE sees “very big potential” in winning comp
AMOLED output to surge 110% next year: report

Nov 22, 2011

Global production of active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) displays is forecast to more than double in 2012 from this year, driven by smartphone and mobile demand, a market report said Tuesday. According to the report by IHS iSuppli, global shipments of AMOLED displays will jump 110 percent from this year and hit 154.7 million units in 2012. The market research firm estimated this year’s AMOLED shipments at 73.7 million units, a 55 percent growth from the previous year.AMOLED displ
Apple wins patent fight with HTC at U.S. agency

Nov 22, 2011

HTC Corp.’s loss in a patent infringement case against Apple Inc. casts doubt on its decision to spend $300 million to buy S3 Graphics Co. to boost its chances of a licensing deal to end the dispute. The U.S. International Trade Commission said yesterday that S3 Graphics’s patent rights weren’t viol
Research firm: Amazon sells $199 tablet at a loss

Nov 20, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle Fire tablet, which started shipping this week, costs $201.70 to make, a research firm said Friday. That's $2.70 more than Amazon charges for it.The analysis by IHS indicates that Amazon is, at least initially, selling the tablet at a loss that it hopes to co
Samsung to sell multitouch tables

Nov 18, 2011

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s biggest supplier of TVs and liquid crystal display panels, said Friday that it has begun to receive orders in 23 countries for its multitouch table displays, as the company has recently been trying to woo corporate customers.Jointly developed with Microsoft Corp., the 40-inch display “SUR40,” a big-size table with a multitouch screen, can be installed in airports, banks, hotels and other venues, according to Samsung. The LCD screen on top of the table recogni
Amazon may be planning smartphone: Citi analysts

Nov 18, 2011

Amazon, which began shipping a tablet computer this week, may be eyeing the smartphone market.Citigroup said in a research note published on Thursday that it believes the Seattle-based online retail giant plans to launch a smartphone next year."Based on our supply chain channel checks in Asia led by
Google opens music store to US, challenge to Apple

Nov 17, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Google unveiled its much-anticipated digital music store Wednesday, opening a new front in its battle with Apple to provide services over mobile devices.For the first time, Google Inc. will sell songs on the Android Market, its online store for apps, movies and books. The service
Samsung to launch modified Galaxy Tab in Germany next week

Nov 17, 2011

Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday that it will begin sales of a modified version of its Galaxy Tab tablet computer in Germany next week, as it seeks to bypass a sales ban asserted by Apple Inc. in the European country. The revised Galaxy Tab 10.1 for the German market has been renamed the Galaxy Tab 10.1N and has two design modifications from the original version, the company‘s spokesman in Seoul said. The remark confirms earlier reports by German media. In the new model, Samsung modified th
Hynix hails U.S. ruling on Rambus case

Nov 17, 2011

Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, on Thursday welcomed a U.S. jury’s decision to reject Rambus Inc.’s antitrust allegation against the Korean chipmaker. On Wednesday, a San Francisco jury ruled that Hynix and Micron Technology Inc., a U.S. chipmaker, did not engage in joint illegal actions to prevent Rambus from expanding in the semiconductor market. “We welcome the jury’s decision,” Kwon Oh-chul, the CEO at Hynix, said in a statement.The latest ruling clears