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Cho Ji-hyun
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Global telecoms closer to offering open mobile app platform
Major telecoms, including Korea’s KT Corp. and SK Telecom, have moved a step closer to commercializing an open mobile applications platform established by a multinational alliance of telecoms and device manufacturers.At the global mobile industry show which launched in Barcelona Monday, local mobile carriers KT and SKT demonstrated some of their to-be-commercialized applications that follow the gl
Industry Feb. 14, 2011
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Samsung unveils upgraded Galaxy S, Galaxy Tab
Samsung Electronics unveiled the upgraded versions of its flagship smartphone Galaxy S and its tablet PC Galaxy Tab in an event one day before the launch of the global mobile industry show in Barcelona on Sunday.In an event called the “Samsung Mobile Unpack,” the world’s second-largest handset maker presented Galaxy S 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1, while designating 2011 as the year of smart mobile device
Industry Feb. 13, 2011
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Local firms to show 4G tech at Barcelona
Local firms are moving quickly to present their fourth-generation mobile communication network technology Long Term Evolution at the global mobile industry show in Barcelona this week.Samsung Electronics and KT Corp. announced on Sunday that they will cooperate with global chipmaker Intel to test the new LTE technology at the 2011 Mobile World Congress from Feb. 14-17.The next generation mobile co
Technology Feb. 13, 2011
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Asiana Airlines posts all-time record profit
Asiana Airlines, the country’s No. 2 air carrier, reported record high yearly sales of over 5 trillion won ($4.51 billion) in 2010, buoyed by the rising demand for flights, its officials said Thursday.The company said that it reached 5.07 trillion won in sales, an increase of over 30 percent from 2009, and 635.7 billion won in operating profit last year. Both figures are the highest the company ha
Industry Feb. 10, 2011
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Android smartphones top 5 million in Korea
Google-made mobile platform spices up competition against Apple’s iPhoneThe number of people who own an Android-powered smartphone has reached 5 million since it was launched in the local market a year ago.Of the people who own smartphones running on the Android mobile operating system, SK Telecom had the highest number of subscribers ― 3.72 million. It was followed by KT Corp., the exclusive serv
Industry Feb. 10, 2011
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Samsung may supply ...display panels for iPad 2
Samsung Mobile Display is reportedly poised to supply liquid-crystal display panels for the next version of Apple’s iPad, industry sources said on Wednesday.According to sources, the company, established in January 2009, is in the final stage of talks on supplying its latest LCD panels for Apple’s iPad 2, which is expected to be released later this year.In response to such reports, a spokesman at
Industry Feb. 9, 2011
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4G LTE-A network expected to make life easier
Imagine yourself using your smartphone to download a movie during a single bus journey.In addition to the longer time required to complete the download, one could consider himself or herself lucky if it is completed in a single go with the current third generation networks.The government announced late last month that the state-run Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute in Daejeon d
Technology Feb. 8, 2011
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Firms to showcase new devices in Barcelona
Tablet PCs, smartphones to dominate Mobile World Congress next weekLocal electronics giants are lining up their cutting-edge mobile products for a global industry show in Barcelona, Spain next week.New tablet PCs and smartphones are expected to dominate the Feb. 14-17 Mobile World Congress, which is expected to draw more than 1,300 firms from all over the world.LG Electronics, which has been geari
Industry Feb. 7, 2011
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Chinese make up lion’s share of foreign wives
Chinese women took up the largest portion of foreign wives married to Korean men in 2009, government data said Sunday.According to Statistics Korea, a total of 11,364 Chinese women married Korean men in 2009, while 7,249 Vietnamese and 1,643 Filipina women walked down the aisle with Korean men in the same year.They were followed by Japanese, Cambodian, Thai, American and Mongolian wives, numbering
Feb. 6, 2011
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Samsung launches Bada phone in Korea
Samsung Electronics announced it released the Wave 2 smartphone, operating on its proprietary mobile operating system Bada, for the first time here on Sunday, while making moves to gain a bigger share in the mid-tier smartphone market.Serviced by SK Telecom, Wave 2 is equipped with a 3.7-inch super clear liquid-crystal display screen and a 5 million pixel camera and presents digital multimedia bro
Technology Feb. 6, 2011
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Diageo Korea offers dream-come-true Keep Walking event
Diageo Korea is staging a “dream contest” which enables people to follow unfulfilled lifelong goals that are unique enough to inspire others.Mark Edwards, marketing director for Diageo Korea, said the firm launched a global campaign here in November, accepting more than 1,400 applications for an event somewhat similar to other well-known local TV programs like Super Star K.“(What’s) similar is the
Industry Feb. 1, 2011
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KT’s new broadcast satellite begins operation
Olleh-1 satellite allows high-definition images and 3-D programsKT Corp is to begin offering commercial high-definition digital images and 3-D programming services after its new broadcast satellite entered geostationary orbit earlier last month, the company said Monday.The Olleh-1 satellite has also successfully taken on the services formerly provided by broadcast and communication satellite Mugun
Industry Jan. 31, 2011
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Samsung posts highest sales of 154 trillion won in 2010
Samsung Electronics announced Friday that its total sales and operating profit for last year climbed to a record high, reaching more than 154 trillion won ($138.2 billion) and 17 trillion won, respectively, buoyed by increased sales of memory chips and mobiles.The country’s top electronics manufacturer said it posted 154.63 trillion won in total sales and 17.3 trillion won in operating profit, sur
Industry Jan. 28, 2011
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Hynix to increase line-up of premium chips to 70%
Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world’s second-biggest computer memory chipmaker, said it would focus more on producing premium products in the non-PC sector this year in a bid to widen the gap with other follow-up firms on the global stage.Kwon Oh-chul, chief executive of Hynix, said in a press conference late Thursday that the premium product line-up will account for about 70 percent of sales in 2
Industry Jan. 28, 2011
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Hynix posts record W12tr sales in 2010
Hynix Semiconductor Inc. announced Thursday that its consolidated sales for last year reached record 12.09 trillion won ($10.86 billion), up by 53 percent from 2009, despite the fall in prices of DRAM and NAND Flash memory.The world’s second-biggest computer memory chipmaker said that its operating profit totaled 3.27 trillion won, an increase of 1,605 percent from 192 billion won recorded in 2009
Industry Jan. 27, 2011
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