Technology

Seoul, Korea, 19 October 2009 - SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM, CEO & President Man-Won Jung) and Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that provides a framework for research projects in next-generation telecommunications technology.

LG Telecom (LGT) announced that overseas mobile communication enterprises like Brazil, China and Chile visited LGT of Korea to study OZ, which is a wireless internet service, on September 20, 2009.

Vice President Paulo Teixeira and major officers of Vivo, the biggest mobile communication company of Brazil, visited LGT and learned about the development process, marketing strategy and service of OZ.

Samsung Electronics recently posted a 35.9% market share in the second quarter of this year with their DRAM products. This surpassed the company's second quarter goal, which was set at 35%. Additionally, they say their DRAM division will reach a market share of 40% by the end of next year's 2nd quarter, possibly sooner.

LG Electronics is coming out with a new slim TV known as the OLED TV. The pictures on the screen are quite big and it is the slimmest TV on the market. This television has no backlight and does not need a source of light. These televisions weigh less than 2 kilograms and are 3 millimeters thin.

28 August, 2009, Kuala Lumpur - Green Packet Berhad (Green Packet), a leading developer of next generation mobile broadband and networking solutions, announced today the release of a new case study detailing its integral role in the successful rollout of WiMAX in Malaysia by Packet One Networks (P1).

Prof. Kim Ki-bum of Seoul National University on Aug. 26 said his research team had developed a "nanopore ion transistor," which can be used for interpreting DNA sequencing results and controling biomolecules.

Korea has always been living at the cutting edge of the broadband market, realising that in the modern world the importance of a superfast telecommunications network is the difference between economic boom and bust. They've spent billions of won over the past 10 years improving that infrastructure, first rolling out 100Mbps networks across the country, then planning to offer a 1Gbps connection to users in their largest urban areas by 2012.

KT on Sunday said it will release an iSatphone during the first half of 2010. The iSatphone is an Inmarsat-based satellite mobile phone through which users can use mobile services anywhere in the world, be it on the ground or at sea.

Upsite Technologies, Inc., leading developer of highly engineered airflow solutions and diagnostic services for the data center, recently hosted an LG-sponsored 4-person team of university students from Korea; Ecost, in search of the top answers to the question, "What's the best way to construct a green data center?"