SK Telecom said Tuesday its first online recruiting event through Facebook Live drew about 15,000 viewers a day earlier, suggesting a new way of hunting for talent. According to the mobile carrier, 14,939 Facebook users viewed one of the two live recruiting sessions held online for the first time. Officials in charge of recruitment at SKT staged a talk show at a studio, introducing the firm’s recruiting process. They answered questions asked by Facebook viewers in real time. The live sessions we

This May, South Korea’s leading mobile carrier KT is set to unearth what it has secretly been developing for the past three years. Since the establishment of an exclusive research and development center for blockchain in 2015, Seo Young-il, vice president and head of the blockchain center at KT’s Institute of Convergence Technology, has been working on the utilization of blockchain technologies in telecommunications based on the firm belief that they will address security and data sovereignty pr

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom is preparing for another significant acquisition, buying security firm ADT Caps from private equity firm Carlyle Group as part of its strategy to strengthen its internet of things business. According to industry sources Friday, SKT is taking serious moves to acquire a 100 percent stake in ADT Caps at an as of yet undecided price in partnership with Australia’s Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets. (Yonhap)Washington-based Carlyle Group has reported

South Korean conglomerate SK Group is on edge over its awaited antitrust regulatory approval from China on the sale of Toshiba’s chip unit, as the decision is likely to be put off for several months, according to the industry on Tuesday. Multiple sources in the industry told The Korea Herald that SK Group’s key executives are conducting business with high awareness of the importance of getting approval from the Chinese antitrust agency for the Toshiba deal in which the Korean group has a signifi

Daewoo Electronics, a new subsidiary of South Korean midsize conglomerate Dayou Group, said Monday the company would enter new provinces in the Midwestern part of China with an aim to target the premium market there. It is the first overseas expansion for Daewoo Electronics since the firm was acquired by Dayou last month, using the group’s existing distribution network in China.Daewoo will provide its home appliances for large retailers in Sichuan, Hunan and Wuhan province, starting this year. T

The South Korean smartphone market gave a tepid response to the release of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones, driving down expectation on the newest premium smartphones this year. According to the telecom industry, preorders of Galaxy S9 and S9+ devices made from Feb. 28 with subscriptions to one of three mobile carriers were estimated to near 180,000 units, reaching about 70 percent of the preorders of predecessors Galaxy S8 and S8+phones. Samsung is launching the S9 series more than a

South Korea’s steel giant Posco and battery maker Samsung SDI will build and run an cathode production facility in Chile with lithium supply guaranteed by the Chilean government, the firms announced Sunday. The Posco and Samsung SDI consortium will make a combined investment of 57.5 billion won ($54.2 million) to set up a joint venture to start producing annually about 3,200 tons of cathode materials -- Nickel Cobalt Aluminum and Nickel Cobalt Manganese -- for electric vehicle batteries in the n

Samsung Electronics’ head of smartphones Koh Dong-jin is trying to appeal to Chinese consumers with the latest flagship Galaxy S9 series smartphones as part of efforts to restore Samsung’s position in the market.“Samsung will try to provide new value for Chinese consumers and economy, while continuing to invest in technological innovation,” said Koh in his keynote speech during a launching ceremony in China on Tuesday. Samsung held a launching ceremony for Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus smartphones in Gu

LG Innotek, a parts manufacturing subsidiary of LG Corp., announced Wednesday that the company has its eye on the global water treatment market, especially in China, with its ultraviolet ray light-emitting diode technology. The company said it had developed a 150-milliwatt UV LED chip for commercialization this year and would further raise the power to 200 milliwatts next year. LG Innotek is more familiar as a provider of smartphone camera modules, known to be a major supplier of the dual camera

While mobile operators and equipment builders around the world say their fifth-generation network solutions and services are ready for commercialization, Robert J. Topol, in charge of 5G technology at Intel, does not think anyone has an advantage now in the absence of international standards. “We are all targeting 2019 for having a lot of solutions ready,” said Topol in an interview with The Korea Herald at Intel’s booth during the Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona last week. “But I don’t

Ahead of selecting suppliers of equipment for its fifth-generation network in June, South Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom’s chief is unsure about whether to consider China’s Huawei over security issues. “Huawei is a concern,” SKT CEO Park Jung-ho told The Korea Herald last week during the Mobile World Congress 2018 held in Barcelona, Spain. “We are at a crossroads when it comes to the decision, whether (to make it from the standpoint of) the government or customers.”Huawei's booth at Mobile Wor

박정호 SK텔레콤 사장이 6월 5G 네트워크 장비업체 선정을 앞두고 걱정을 내비쳤다. 박 사장은 지난 달 26일 스페인 바로셀로나에서 열린 모바일월드콩그레스(Mobile World Congress)2018에 참석해 기자와 만나 “화웨이는 걱정이다” 고 말했다. SKT는 지난 1월 5G 네트워크의 조기 상용화를 위해 전사적 태스크포스팀을 가동하고 화웨이, 노키아, 에릭슨, 삼성전자 등 국내외 장비업체에 2차 입찰제안요청서(Request For Proposal)를 발송했다. 1차 요청서는 국내 통신사 중 가장 먼저 지난 해 7월에 발송한 바 있다.5G RFP는 SK텔레콤이 구상하는 5G 상용 시스템의 요구사항을 정리한 문서로써 이번 2차 RFP에는 3GPP 5G 표준을 기반으로 상용장비의 세부 기술과 사업 요구사항을 담았다.SK텔레콤은 2차 RFP를 통해 선정될 협력사와 5G 상용망 구축을 위한 구체적인 논의를 해 나간다는 방침이다. 이를 위해 박 사장은 MWC 개막 이튿날인 27일 화

BARCELONA, Spain -- Samsung Electronics will focus on the US to seek growth opportunities in the upcoming fifth-generation network market after its success in India with Long Term Evolution network equipment, said the chief of Samsung’s network business Tuesday.“We are aggressively starting to enter the US market with Verizon,” said Kim Young-ki during a press conference at Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona. “We provided some main equipment for 4G in the US in partnership with Verizon and

박정호 SK텔레콤 사장이 스페인 바르셀로나에서 열리고 있는 모바일월드콩그레스 (Mobile World Congress) 2018 에서 노키아 벨연구소와 차세대 웨어러블 기술에 대해 논의했다. 박정호 SK텔레콤 사장 (SK텔레콤)박 사장은 현지시간 27일 노키아 부스를 방문해 마커스 웰던 (Marcus Weldon) 벨연구소 기술총괄대표 (Chief Technology Officer)과 비공개로 만나 해당 기술에 대해 논의했다. 벨연구소가 주요 VIP들에게만 공개한 것으로 알려진 이 기술은 ‘더 슬리브 (The Sleeve)’로 팔에 감는 웨어러블로 노키아가 차세대 이동통신의 주요 디바이스 (device)로 개발 중이다. 현재 프로토타입 (prototype) 으로 플라스틱과 합성섬유 소재로 손목이나 팔에 차는 형태로 개발되어 있으며 센서가 부착되어 팔을 움직이면서 사물을 인지하며 통신할 수 있다. 부착된 센서는 팔의 근육과 신경계를 모두 파악해 사물을 움직이게 하고 모든 건강 정보를

BARCELONA, Spain -- SK Telecom CEO Park Jung-ho discussed upcoming wearable technology that will be enabled by the fifth-generation telecom network with Nokia Bell Labs on Tuesday at the Mobile World Congress 2018. Park held a private meeting with Bell Labs Chief Technology Officer Marcus Weldon at Nokia’s booth at the MWC to talk about Nokia’s undisclosed wearable technology dubbed “The Sleeve,” according to an industry source.  SK Telecom CEO Park Jung-ho (SK Telecom)The extent of their potent

BARCELONA, Spain -- As part of its efforts to boost its system chip business, Samsung Electronics on Tuesday promoted its latest system chip products at a private booth at Mobile World Congress 2018. The world’s top memory chip provider is shifting its focus from the mainstay memory products from non-memory chips that are seeing growing demand in the “fourth industrial revolution” and Internet of Things era. The MWC, the biggest mobile industry tradeshow, has been considered an optimal opportuni

BARCELONA, Spain -- Confessing that they were obsessed with being the first to release the newest technologies, Koh Dong-jin, head of Samsung Electronics’ mobile business, said Monday the South Korean tech firm was now more committed to developing products that can deliver meaningful value to consumers.The message came at a press conference for Korean reporters after the Galaxy S9 Unpacked in Barcelona, as Koh once again confirmed that Samsung will launch next-generation foldable display phones

BARCELONA, Spain -- Samsung Electronics has made significant progress in its 5G technologies and the tech giant is expected to produce a 5G phone in the “not so distant” future, according to Chief Technology Officer Park Jin-hyo of SK Telecom.“It is not so far for Samsung either in coming up with a 5G device,” Park told The Korea Herald while attending the Mobile World Congress 2018 on Monday in Barcelona, Spain.　The comments came as China’s up-and-coming Huawei announced its first 5G chipset Ba

BARCELONA, Spain -- DJ Koh, head of Samsung Electronics’ smartphone business, said Sunday that the cameras of the flagship Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones are what he wants to highlight the most. After coming down from the stage of the “Unpacked 2018” event, Koh met with The Korea Herald and pinpointed key features of the new phones.“I would definitely put the camera first among others,” he said. “Then I also want to highlight the stereo sound and preloaded SmartThings platform on both Galaxy S9 a

BARCELONA, Spain – ‘The 5G world is just around the corner’ is the key message from the Mobile World Congress 2018 which kicks off Monday for a four-day exhibition in Barcelona, Spain. Under the main theme of “Creating a Better Future,” mobile operators, vendors and policymakers from around the world will be showcasing their up-to-date 5G technologies and services for life and society at Fira Gran Via and Fira Monjuic. Compared to last year’s show that concluded the 5G world was yet too distant