SK Telecom has launched a pay-per-use call center service aimed at enterprises based on Amazon Web Service’s (AWS) Amazon Connect cloud call center service.The service, called Smart Contact Center, will be up to 80% cheaper than call centers that needs to be built, the carrier said, as it will save

Dreamtech is issuing new shares to secure 47 billion won to fund the building of production line for smart medical devices.The company will issue around 3.72 million general shares. Share allotment will commence on November 4. Placement date will be December 15. The new shares will be listed on Nove

Samsung Electronics has supplied its digital signage for a drive-thru McDonald’s restaurant in South Korea, the company said on Monday.The company supplies eight display panels __ including its SMART outdoor signage __ for the restaurant in Goyang City, north of Seoul.The SMART outdoor signage is du

Nextchip has received the CMMI V2.0 Level 3 certification, the company said on Monday.Maturity Level 3 proves that the company’s competence in the automotive sector, it said.Nextchip received the CMMI V1.3 Level 3 certification back in 2014. The company was the first in South Korea to receive the ap

SK Telecom will launch its wireless earphones, or true wireless stereo (TWC), called Nugu Buds next month, the company said on Monday.It will cost less than 100,000 won, the carrier said, claiming that it will be the most price competitive model in South Korea.Apple Airpods cost 199,000 won in the c

Samsung Electronics and art trading platform company Union Art Fair has used Frame TVs in their art exhibition, the South Korean tech giant said.The pair showed off art pieces using the TVs at Space-XX art center in Seoul starting on October 9. The exhibition will end on Tuesday.Three Frame TVs were

The Korea Battery Industry Association (KBIA) has postponed the designation of a “Battery Day” in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.The lawsuits over technology leak between LG Chem and SK Innovation was also a cause of the enactment that was initially slated to happen within the year.Display Day event

LG Chem had 96 out of the 499 patents related to organic light emitting diode (OLED) emission materials that were made public in August, according to UBI Research.Patents are usually shown in public registers a year and a half after they are filed.Samsung Display had the second most patents in Augus

Samsung Electro-Mechanics has won orders from Samsung Electronics to supply the main camera modules of the Galaxy A52 and A72 smartphones launching in the first half of 2021, TheElec has learned.The two models combined sell around 30 million units a year and will allow Samsung Electro-Mechanics to s

When 5G standalone network will be rolled out in South Korea is now in doubt after the country’s tech minister said it wasn’t thinking of providing 28GHz services for all citizens.South Korea has rolled out 5G non-standalone network last year __ in which 4G network’s control plane is used together w

LG Electronics has posted its highest ever quarterly profits in the third quarter of 2020.The South Korean electronics maker said it expects operating profits of 959 billion won and sales of 16.92 trillion won in the quarter.It is a rise of 22.7% and 7.8%, respectively, year over year.South Korean a

Hyundai Motor will voluntarily recall its Kona electric vehicles (EV) in reaction to recent string of fires involving the car models.The recall will effect 25,564 units of the model produced between 2017 to 2020.Hyundai has said damages in the separator of the batteries in the car as the cause of fi

The trend in battery cathode materials is shifting from three materials to four.Batteries made from four materials are expected to be used more by electric vehicles (EV) made by Tesla, General Motors, Volkswagen and Renault going forward.EcoPro BM, Posco Chemical, Cosmo AM&T and L&F are expected to

Microcontroller unit (MCU) fabless company ABOV Semiconductor will expand into edge artificial intelligence (AI) for growth going forward, the company said.Company vice president Jae C. Son said it will create solutions optimized for the edge AI computing era, at an online forum held by Sungkyunkwan

Display heat treatment equipment maker Viatron Technologies is looking to acquire companies in the semiconductor and battery equipment industry for new growth, the company said on Thursday.KOSDAQ-listed companies as well as startups were all potential candidates, a company spokesperson said.One of t

Worldwide semiconductor sales reached US$36.2 billion in the month of August, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).It is a rise of 4.9% year over year and an increase of 3.6% from July.It is also the seventh straight month of growth.The rise in the Americas was most noticeable.

The South Korean government has official confirmed that it won’t be deploying 28GHz 5G for use by consumers.Choi Ki-young, the Minister of Science and ICT, said Thursday that the government was not considering provide 28GHz spectrum in 5G networks to all citizens.Companies were planning to use the s

Dreamtech said Thursday that it was the exclusive supplier of capacitive fingerprint readers for the Galaxy Z Fold 2.The reader is placed the right side of the Fold 2, under the volume button.Dreamtech was the first to supply Samsung with fingerprint reading modules for smartphones, beginning in 201

Samsung Electronics has posted 12.3 trillion won in operating profits and 66 trillion won in sales in the third quarter, the company said on Thursday.Sales rose 24.6% from the previous quarter and 6.5% year over year. Operating profits was 50.9% higher than the previous quarter and 58.1% year over y

Samsung Electronics’ network business will likely see its 2020 sales drop compared to 2019 despite its recent supply deal with US carrier Verizon.Samsung Network was internally discussing its 2021 sales target to be similar to that of 2019, people familiar with the matter said.The supply to Verizon