South Korea’s leading mobile carrier KT said Thursday it will commercialize fifth-generation network services in March 2019 by launching an integrated platform applied with virtualization technologies.The 5G platform will be based on end-to-end (E2E) Orchestrator, a network virtualization control system, which will manage KT’s 5G network from core equipment to base stations to devices in real time. (KT)The platform will be essential to providing 5G-based autonomous driving, immersive media and i

Technology March 22, 2018

Samsung Electronics is likely to adopt in-display fingerprint scanning for its upcoming flagship Galaxy Note 9 smartphones, according to industry sources on Thursday. “Samsung Display has prepared three or four solutions for Samsung Electronics to embed the fingerprint sensor inside of the main display, and both are seriously considering one of the solutions,” a source told The Korea Herald. “The delay in deciding on the final concept for the Note 9 is due to the work in adopting the in-display

Technology March 22, 2018

For the past six weeks after being released from jail, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong has strictly kept himself from the public eye. And the heir apparent of South Korea’s No. 1 conglomerate is likely to remain low-key until a Supreme Court trial expected to take place this summer at the earliest.This week, Lee is expected to stay under the radar despite the group’s key events, including the 80th anniversary of Samsung’s foundation on Thursday and an annual shareholders meeting o

Industry March 21, 2018

KT will apply its artificial intelligence technologies to insurance and health care services in partnership with Lina Life Insurance, the mobile carrier said Tuesday.The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding Monday to improve Lina’s digital health care services by adding KT’s AI platform technologies at the insurer’s headquarters in central Seoul. Under the agreement, KT’s AI GiGA Genie speaker will offer users informative health care content insurance services provided by Lina, inc

Technology March 20, 2018

SK Telecom said Tuesday its first online recruiting event through Facebook Live drew about 15,000 viewers a day earlier, suggesting a new way of hunting for talent. According to the mobile carrier, 14,939 Facebook users viewed one of the two live recruiting sessions held online for the first time. Officials in charge of recruitment at SKT staged a talk show at a studio, introducing the firm’s recruiting process. They answered questions asked by Facebook viewers in real time. The live sessions we

Technology March 20, 2018

This May, South Korea’s leading mobile carrier KT is set to unearth what it has secretly been developing for the past three years. Since the establishment of an exclusive research and development center for blockchain in 2015, Seo Young-il, vice president and head of the blockchain center at KT’s Institute of Convergence Technology, has been working on the utilization of blockchain technologies in telecommunications based on the firm belief that they will address security and data sovereignty pr

Technology March 19, 2018

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom is preparing for another significant acquisition, buying security firm ADT Caps from private equity firm Carlyle Group as part of its strategy to strengthen its internet of things business. According to industry sources Friday, SKT is taking serious moves to acquire a 100 percent stake in ADT Caps at an as of yet undecided price in partnership with Australia’s Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets. (Yonhap)Washington-based Carlyle Group has reported

Technology March 16, 2018

South Korean conglomerate SK Group is on edge over its awaited antitrust regulatory approval from China on the sale of Toshiba’s chip unit, as the decision is likely to be put off for several months, according to the industry on Tuesday. Multiple sources in the industry told The Korea Herald that SK Group’s key executives are conducting business with high awareness of the importance of getting approval from the Chinese antitrust agency for the Toshiba deal in which the Korean group has a signifi

Industry March 13, 2018

Daewoo Electronics, a new subsidiary of South Korean midsize conglomerate Dayou Group, said Monday the company would enter new provinces in the Midwestern part of China with an aim to target the premium market there. It is the first overseas expansion for Daewoo Electronics since the firm was acquired by Dayou last month, using the group’s existing distribution network in China.Daewoo will provide its home appliances for large retailers in Sichuan, Hunan and Wuhan province, starting this year. T

Technology March 12, 2018

The South Korean smartphone market gave a tepid response to the release of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones, driving down expectation on the newest premium smartphones this year. According to the telecom industry, preorders of Galaxy S9 and S9+ devices made from Feb. 28 with subscriptions to one of three mobile carriers were estimated to near 180,000 units, reaching about 70 percent of the preorders of predecessors Galaxy S8 and S8+phones. Samsung is launching the S9 series more than a

Technology March 11, 2018

South Korea’s steel giant Posco and battery maker Samsung SDI will build and run an cathode production facility in Chile with lithium supply guaranteed by the Chilean government, the firms announced Sunday. The Posco and Samsung SDI consortium will make a combined investment of 57.5 billion won ($54.2 million) to set up a joint venture to start producing annually about 3,200 tons of cathode materials -- Nickel Cobalt Aluminum and Nickel Cobalt Manganese -- for electric vehicle batteries in the n

Technology March 11, 2018

Samsung Electronics’ head of smartphones Koh Dong-jin is trying to appeal to Chinese consumers with the latest flagship Galaxy S9 series smartphones as part of efforts to restore Samsung’s position in the market.“Samsung will try to provide new value for Chinese consumers and economy, while continuing to invest in technological innovation,” said Koh in his keynote speech during a launching ceremony in China on Tuesday. Samsung held a launching ceremony for Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus smartphones in Gu

Technology March 7, 2018

LG Innotek, a parts manufacturing subsidiary of LG Corp., announced Wednesday that the company has its eye on the global water treatment market, especially in China, with its ultraviolet ray light-emitting diode technology. The company said it had developed a 150-milliwatt UV LED chip for commercialization this year and would further raise the power to 200 milliwatts next year. LG Innotek is more familiar as a provider of smartphone camera modules, known to be a major supplier of the dual camera

Technology March 7, 2018

While mobile operators and equipment builders around the world say their fifth-generation network solutions and services are ready for commercialization, Robert J. Topol, in charge of 5G technology at Intel, does not think anyone has an advantage now in the absence of international standards. “We are all targeting 2019 for having a lot of solutions ready,” said Topol in an interview with The Korea Herald at Intel’s booth during the Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona last week. “But I don’t

Technology March 6, 2018