KT Corp. said Tuesday it would enter the global smart space market by establishing a new joint venture called the KC Smart Service together with Cisco Systems in next January. The new firm, which will take off with $30 million in initial funding, will merge KT’s telecommunications infrastructure and software solutions with Cisco’s information technology equipment and solutions, according to KT o...

US bookseller Barnes & Noble unveiled a tablet computer on Monday in a bid to take on Apple's iPad and an upcoming device from digital book-selling rival Amazon. The Nook Tablet will cost $249 -- $50 more than than the Kindle Fire from Amazon which goes on sale on November 15 but $250 less than the cheapest iPad. Amazon and Barnes & Noble were among the first companies to sell electronic book r...

Korea’s two leading mobile carriers SK Telecom Co. and KT Corp. on Friday began receiving preorders for Apple Inc.’s iPhone 4S, which is slated to hit the local market on Nov. 11, amid a brewing dispute over its higher price here than in other countries. The battle for iPhone 4S is expected to be tougher than ever as KT, the company which began to provide iPhone in the Korean market as the sole ...

The number of smartphone subscribers in South Korea surpassed the 20 million mark last week, with nearly 40 percent of South Korean residents carrying such mobile devices, according to data from the country's telecom regulator released Sunday. South Korean smartphone subscribers numbered slightly more than 20 million as of Friday, including 10 million users with industry leader SK Telecom Co., 6...

HELSINKI (AP) -- Nokia Corp. on Wednesday launched its long-awaited first Windows cellphones, hoping to claw back market share it has lost in the tough, top-end smartphone race to chief rivals, Apple Inc.'s iPhone, Samsung and Google's Android software. But some analysts say it may be too little, too late, for the world's top mobile phone maker. With price tags of (euro) 420 ($580) and (euro) 2...