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Samsung narrows gap with Apple in Canadian smartphone market in Q3: report

Nov 25, 2020

Samsung Electronics Co. remained the second-largest smartphone vendor in Canada in the third quarter of the year but narrowed its market share gap with Apple Inc., a report showed Wednesday. The Sou...
Naver eyes re-entering Japanese search engine market after 2 previous failures

Nov 25, 2020

Naver Corp., the operator of South Korea's dominant internet portal, is positively reviewing making inroads into the Japanese search engine market despite two previous failures, the company's executi...
[Monitor] US and Chinese startups dominate global top 10 list

Nov 25, 2020

Global top 10 unicorns by valuation
Samsung Electronics marks all-time high TV market share

Nov 24, 2020

Samsung Electronics posted an all-time high share in the global TV market in terms of revenue during the third quarter, according to a report. Market research organization Omdia said in its report t...
LG releases new 4K projector amid pandemic

Nov 23, 2020

LG Electronics Inc. on Monday introduced a new cinema projector in South Korea that boasts easy screen alignment amid the pandemic-driven stay-at-home trend. The latest model of the LG CineBeam Lase...
SK Telecom, Samsung develop advanced cloud native core network system

Nov 22, 2020

SK Telecom Co., South Korea's leading mobile carrier, said Sunday it has developed a next-generation cloud native core network system with Samsung Electronics Co. that can provide better 5G services....
Apple, mobile carriers release new iPhone 12s in S. Korea

Nov 20, 2020

Apple Inc. and South Korea's three major telecom operators started shipping the iPhone 12 mini and the 12 Pro Max on Friday. The launches of the smallest and the largest versions of Apple's latest d...
KakaoTalk users to be able to make multiple profiles

Nov 19, 2020

Kakao said Thursday that the company will add a new visibility setting to its messenger application KakaoTalk to protect the privacy of users. The new visibility setting is to allow users to control...
LG Innotek partners with KIPO on info protection

Nov 19, 2020

LG Innotek, the high-tech parts making unit of LG Group, said Thursday that the company had signed an agreement with the Korean Intellectual Property Office and partner firms to increase cooperation ...
S. Korean lawmakers call on Google to reduce app store fees like Apple

Nov 19, 2020

A group of South Korean lawmakers on Thursday called on Google to follow Apple Inc.'s move to lower its commission for app market purchases amid concerns of local app developers over high fees. Appl...
[Monitor] Huawei losing out in global smartphone market

Nov 19, 2020

Due to the US sanctions on Huawei, which have cut off the Chinese smartphone maker from chip supplies, the company has decided to sell its mid-range phone brand Honor, according to reports Tuesday. ...
Ministry, carriers in gridlock over bandwidth redistribution price

Nov 19, 2020

As past generation network frequency bands used by South Korea's major telecom operators are set to expire next year, the ICT ministry and the three carriers are locked in a fierce debate over their ...
Kakao sets new standards for digital wallet

Nov 18, 2020

Kakao said Wednesday that it would add a digital wallet feature to South Korea’s largest messenger application KakaoTalk. The company will also start introducing new subscription-based services via t...
Growth rate of pay TV subscriber slow

Nov 18, 2020

The growth rate of pay TV subscribers in South Korea has slowed this year, according to a report released Wednesday by the Ministry of Science and ICT. The number of new pay TV subscribers during th...
KT CEO appointed as new board member of GSMA

Nov 17, 2020

KT CEO Ku Hyeon-mo has been appointed one of the four new board members of GSMA, an international industry organization dedicated to representing the interests of mobile network operators, the South ...