Swedish firm claims Korean counterpart violated FRAND commitment Ericsson said on Friday that it has filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics in the US over violating their contractual agreements related to patent licensing.The pair are in negotiation over patent licensing fees and the lawsuit is

Samsung Display received approval from the Indian government to get financial backing for its factory in Noida, according to Reuters.The Uttar Pradesh state government signed off on a financial incentive of 48.25 billion rupees to the South Korean display panel makers Noida factory.Samsung Display i

LG Display’s Cinematic Sound OLED (CS) technology has been listed as the standard for sound emitting display by the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards.The South Korean display panel maker first launched the OLED panels that use the technology in 2016.The technology uses the display panel as

Hanwha and Onejoon are competing to win orders for equipment used in cathode production.Companies such as LG Energy Solution, EcoPro EM, L&F and Cosmo AM&T are planning to expand their cathode production facilities as the battery market for electric vehicles continues to rise, which will give plenty

DRAM average sales price (ASP) is expected recover slightly in the first quarter, according to market research firm TrendForce.According to the research firm: Graphic DRAM will see increase between 5 to 10%. Server DRAM will stay flat or increase by 5%. Consumer DRAM will stay flat or increase by 8%

KT has promoted two executive vice presidents to presidents in its year-end reshuffle.Kang Gook-hyun, head of the commerce division, and Park Jong-wook, head of business planning division, were made new presidents.Along with with CEO Koo Hyun-mo, the two presidents will contribute to collective mana

South Korea repeater maker CS saw its export of 4G LTE repeaters to Japan increase in the second half of the year, TheElec has learned.The company’s accumulated earnings up to the third quarter was 90 million won in operating loss and 29.3 billion won in sales.But it saw export to Japan increase in

Samsung Display is transferring hundreds of its employees to Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor business as it prepares to exit the liquid crystal display (LCD) business.The display panel maker was taking application from employees for the transfer and sorting through who to send. Hundreds of employ

South Korean component maker SoluM is setting up offices abroad to better react to demand from customer Samsung Electronics.The company set up its office in Noida, India in September. The office, which will focus on production, will go live next year. SoluM is planning to operate an office in Mexico

Taiwan’s GlobalWafers said on Wednesday that it will acquire German counterpart Siltronic for 3.75 billion euro, according to a report by Bloomberg.The Taiwanese silicon wafer maker will pay 125 euros a share, a 10% premium to Siltronics’ closing price on November 27, the day before the acquisition

Shim Ik-chan, a senior vice president at Samsung Electro-Mechanics, has won an annual industry award hosted by South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.Shim was awarded at the 15th Electronics and IT Day for his contribution to the camera module industry.He joined Samsung Electro-Mechani

Samsung SDI has begun investments into building its second electric vehicle (EV) battery factory at Goed, Hungary, TheElec has learned.The second factory will be double in size of the first factory. It will make Gen5 batteries that will be made with new materials with high energy density and new pro

Chinese OLED material company AG-RAY has started the largest OLED material project in China to localize supply of the materials, according to local media reports.The company is building a new OLED material factory at city of Meishan in Sichuan province where it is based in.The factory, once complete

Samsung Electronics unveiled its 110-inch MicroLED TV at an online event in South Korea on Thursday.The South Korean first unveiled a 149-inch MicroLED display called The Wall in 2018. The Wall was aimed at the business-to-business market.The new 110-inch MicroLED TV is aimed at the home market. Mic

The US’s International Trade Commission (ITC) has delayed its final judgment on the lawsuit between LG Energy Solution and SK Innovation over car battery technology theft for a third time.The ITC said on Wednesday that the final judgment will now be announced on February 10. It didn’t specify as rea

South Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute said Thursday that it has developed a radio over fiber (RoF) 5G mmWave optical repeater.The institute has handed over the technology to HFR, Lightron and other companies.ETRI developed the technology in collaboration with KT, FRTek

Xilinx will reach over 20 million accumulated unit shipment in automobile semiconductors next year, the company said on Wednesday.The company had shipped 19.6 million units so far since 2006, it said.More automobiles are using semiconductors from increased adoption of advanced driver assistance syst

Apple has announced its first ever over-ear headphone Airpods Max on Tuesday.The headphones will go on sale on December 15 for US$549. It is priced at 719,000 won in South Korea.The headphones have active noise canceling like Airpods Pro.Its rival is BOSE, which hasn’t been available in Apple’s onli

PI Advanced Materials will supply low permittivity polyimide (PI) films to Samsung Electronics for the Galaxy S21 smartphones.The company will be supplying its modified PI film with even lower permittivity this time around for use in flexible printed circuit board for the 5G antenna.PI Advanced Mate

SK Innovation have sent out almost no new orders to its suppliers during the second half of 2020, TheElec has learned.This is due to its prolonged lawsuit over battery technology with rival LG Energy Solution.SK Innovation was initially planning to put in orders around October in time with US Intern