Hanmi Semiconductor has won its patent lawsuit against rival Genesem at the appeals court, the company said on Wednesday.The patent court said Genesem used Hanmi’s patents related to vision placement equipment without approval.The court has ordered Genesem to halt production and sales of products th

Japanese trading firm DJK Group is offering financial support to South Korean battery equipment maker who are planning to export their goods to Swedish battery company Northvolt, TheElec confirmed.DJK has also suggested the equipment makers form a consortium to better react to the order.Northvolt’s

Battery X-ray inspection equipment maker Innometry was embroiled in a patent lawsuit with a competitor, TheElec had learned.The company recently won the patent violation and injunction lawsuit filed by rival Xavis. Xavis first filed the injunction request on October, 2018.However, Xavis won the suit

Cisco has acquired artificial intelligence software BabbleLabs, which specializes in noise reduction.The technology will be applied to remote conference app Webex, the US company said.

Sales from Open RAN will accumulate sales of up to US$5 billion in the next five years, market research firm Dell’Oro said.Virtual RAN that applies commercial off-the-shelf server on the distributed unit (DU) and central unit will account for between US$3 billion to US$5 billion, the firm said. Over

Jaguar Land Rovers sold in South Korea will have SK Telecom’s T Map navigation app by default, the telco said.The app will have high precision map for Jaguar’s advanced driver assistance system and will also have features dedicated to the electric vehicle version of the Land Rover.The carrier said i

Wonik IPS will acquire parts of the display business of Semes, the equipment subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, for 82 billion won, the company announced.The two have signed a binding MOU for the deal, Wonik IPS said.Wonik is aiming to buy Semes’ display photo and wet equipment technology, sales rig

China and South Korea will roll out 5G standalone (SA) networks in the second half of 2020, market research firm Dell’O Group said.5G SA requires 5G core networks to be installed. South Korea has only so far launched non-standaline (NSA) networks, which uses control planes of core equipment of 4G LT

A South Korean court sided with LG Chem against SK Innovation in the two companies lawsuit over alleged patent violation over battery technology on Thursday.The Seoul Central District Court dismissed SK Innovation’s request for withdrawal of the lawsuit as well as its request for damages. The compan

Cisco and Lotte Data Communication has built a new network for Lotte Group based on SD-WAN solutions, the companies said on Wednesday.Cisco’s SD-WAN, or software-defined wide-area network, was designed support Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application that exploded from cloud, unlike previous WAN, th

KT has opened a data center in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent to monitor electricity use, the company said.The data center will collect data from 8 million smart meters that will be installed nationwide, the telco said.KT will provide support in managing the data center for the next two years.The cen

South Korea battery equipment are planning to for ma consortium to better handle orders from Swedish battery firm Northvolt, TheElec has learned.Northvolt was reviewing using Japanese trading company DJK Group to place orders for the equipment it needs to South Korean companies, people familiar with

Samsung Electronics was developing 28GHz 5G small cell to supply to US carrier Verizon, TheElec has confirmed.The cells will be made using Qualcomm’s 5G chipset, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.Samsung’s network business has previously supplied 4G small cells to the US carrier, made

Semiconductor wafer transfer equipment maker Cymechs will receive funding from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy to develop new wafer transfer robots used in chip production lines, the company said on Wednesday.The company will be eligible to get up to 8 billion won in funding for the next

Japanese telco Rakuten Mobile is hesitating on which technology to use for its 5G network which is causing delays in supply plans of South Korean network equipment makers, TheElec learned on Wednesday.The Japanese company initially planned to roll out 5G networks in September. Rakuten initially plan

Europe is looking to foster its local battery industry lessen its reliance its supply from South Korea, China and Japan.South Korean battery equipment makers a pursuing orders from European battery makers __ Northvolt, Saft, Freyr and Britishvolt __ for new growth.PNT, CIS, Jeil Machine, TSI, mPLUS,

CMOS image sensor (CIS) market is expected to contract for the first time in 10 years in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.Before the virus outbreak, it was expected that 5G smartphones would lead to rise in demand for CIS. Market leader Sony spent 1 trillion won in October last year t

LG Display will show off its organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology at the upcoming SID 2020 virtual event, the company said.The event, hosted by the Society of Information Display, was initially slated to take place in San Francisco put will be a completely online event this year due to the

Hanwha Corporation will separate the scatter bomb business from its defense division, the company said on Friday.The separate company will focus on developing its own technology and production capacity, Hanwha said.It will also reduce uncertainties from global environmental safety standards and enha

LG Electronics’ mobile business remained mum on the sales figure of its latest 5G smartphone LG Velvet at its conference call for the second quarter.Asked on the rumors that the Mobile Communication business, LG’s name for its mobile business, was facing another restructuring going forward, company