LG Uplus will build LTE-Railway (LTE-R) networks for 26 stations of Seoul’s subway system, the telco said Thursday.The company will replace the current outdated wireless equipment those that use very high frequency (VHF), installed on Line 4 with LTE-R, it said.LTE-R will allow trains, monitoring ce

Hansol Chemical is planning to develop, produce and supply cathode materials for the first time, people familiar with the matter told TheElec Wednesday.The company will receive the necessary technologies from Samsung, the people said. Hansol will begin supplying the materials to Samsung SDI afterwar

Samsung Electronics has opened an exhibition zone for its The Wall MicroLED TV at a department store in Suwon, the company said.A 146-inch version of The Wall will be displayed at a showroom near the entrance of the company’s premium store in the eighth floor of Galleria department store, Samsung sa

SK Broadband was pressuring its equipment suppliers to cut unit prices, people familiar with the matter said.Negotiation has been “tight”, they told TheElec Thursday, since Choi Jin-hwan became CEO of SK Broadband. Talks that usually ended between March to April is still ongoing, they added.Another

LG Uplus and GS E&C will apply artificial intelligence (AI) on the CCTV system of construction sites to increase worker safety, the companies said Thursday.The telco will also provide 4G LTE and 5G wireless network optimized for use in such sites, it said.The AI system will analyze people and object

LG Display is aiming to supply up to 20 million units of mobile OLED display panels to Apple for the iPhone 12 series, sources within the company told TheElec.Cupertio is expected to order 75 million units for its upcoming smartphones launching later this year. Samsung Display is expected to supply

LG Electronics has launched its 2020-model NanoCell TVs in South Korea, the company said Tuesday.The 65-inch LG NanoCell 8K AI ThinQ, or 65Nano99, has started sales, the Korean hardware giant said. Another 65-inch model, called 65Nano97, which has slightly less specs will launch early next month, LG

LG Electronics has been asked to reconsider its plan to move some of its TV productions in South Korea to Indonesia by the city that hosts them.In a statement published Monday by Jang Seyong, the mayor of Gumi City, North Gyeongsang Province, the move was described as a "pity for the people of South

South Korean fabless companies have performed strongly in the first quarter, backed by large volumes of order from Chinese clients, their filings to the local finance watchdog showed Friday.However, uncertainty remains high for the second quarter from the US-China trade war and lackluster performanc

Samsung Electronics has launched a new outdoor TV dubbed The Terrace in the US, the company announced Thursday, local time.The model boasts a 4K resolution QLED display and supports up to 2000 nits of brightness, which means it will be clearly visible in daylight, the Korean company said.The Terrace

China's largest mobile carrier China Mobile has secured an additional 700MHz of 5G spectrum from authorities, the company announced Wednesday.It will use it with TV broadcaster China Broadcasting Network (CBN), the telco said. CBN was chosen as a 5G operator last year along side the three local telc

LG Electronics will shift some of its TV production in South Korea to Indonesia, the company announced Wednesday.Two of the six production line in Gumi, South Korea will be shifted to the company’s Cibitung plant to the Southeast Asian country.LG said the shift will boost efficiency of its global TV

Seoul Semiconductor has filed a patent lawsuit against US car component retailer Onyx Enterprise, the company said Wednesday.The South Korean chip maker said LED sold by Onyx on CARiD, an online auto parts seller, violated 12 of its patents, in its filing to the District Court for New Jersey.The com

Samsung Display will be increasing its shipment of LCD monitor panels by up to 40% on-year despite shutting down most of its LCD panel lines, according to industry sources and market research firm Omdia on May 14.The decision comes based on market research showing a spike in demand for monitors for

LG Electronics forecast a decline in OLED TV production in the second quarter of this year due to foreseeable declines in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.During an earnings report on April 29, Ha Jin-ho of LG’s Home Entertainment business said such adjustments were “inevitable” given the curr

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics will be supplied once again by Sharp Corp. with large-sized LCD panels, according to publications Nikkei and Sankei on May 2.This would mark the fourth time for Sharp to supply Samsung. The panels are to be shipped to Samsung by the end of this year. Following its a

US-based Broadcom, maker of chips for power smartphones, computers and networking equipment, has pledged not to offer incentives to TV and modem makers to encourage them to acquire more than 50% of their products worldwide or in Europe, according to the foreign press on April 28.“In these uncertain

LG Innotek is going to discontinue BLU(Backlight Unit) LED business, with Wooree E&L and Seoul Semiconductor grabbing the BLU LED sales opportunities, according to industry sources on April 21.BLU LED are necessary light sources for LCD panels. They are used in LCD TVs, laptops, monitors and others.

Chinese display makers CEC Panda and HKC may be placed on the selling block on account of mounting financial difficulties triggered by a glut of LCD panels and declining prices, according to industry sources on April 9.The two firms may be acquired by other Chinese panel makers such as CSOT and BOE

This year’s global TV shipments are expected to fall 8.7% on-year in 2020 to 203.5 million units in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak that has dampened consumer sentiment, according to market research firm Omdia on April 1.Prior to the pandemic, Omdia had put the shipment volume at 225.4 mil