KT will lead a national project to build a 5G testbed RAN using Samsung Network’s equipment, the telco said.The network will be built in Pangyo, Daejeon, Yeongnam and Honam sequentially by 2023.The National Information Society Agency (NIA), a sub-agency under the Ministry of Science of ICT, is backi

Samsung Electronics plans to expand the volume of camera modules for smartphones that it assembles on its own next year, TheElec has learned.The move is aimed at lowering unit prices from camera module suppliers and will intensify competition between them.The volume will increase “significantly” nex

LG Chem will split-off its battery business. The company held a board meeting on Thursday and decided on the matter to increase company and shareholders’ value, it said.The matter will go through vote on its extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on October 30. After the motion is approved, the company

Xilinx is aiming to expand into 5G network virtualization band market of South Korea.The company unveiled its T1 Telco Accelerator Card via an online conference on Wednesday for the South Korean market.T1 is a micro accelerator card for O-RAN distributed unit (O-DU) and virtual baseband unit (vBBU).

Nextin will challenge KLA in the global semiconductor inspection equipment market, the CEO of the South Korean company said on Thursday.CEO Tae Hoon Park said the company will strengthen its technology to compete with KLA, the US company that dominates in dark-field inspection equipment. In South Ko

Apple has unveiled its 5 nanomter (nm) application processor the A14 Bionic.The chip will power iPad Air unveiled on Wednesday and will likely power the upcoming iPhone 12 series to be unveiled next month.A14 Bionic is Apple’s first AP made with the 5nm process. A13 Bionics launched last year was ba

Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA) will help South Korean equipment and component companies enter the Chinese market.KDIA will form an export consortium to take part in C-Touch & Display tradeshow taking place between November 19 to 21 at Shenzhen, China. The consortium will be part of the Ko

Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) and Seoul National University will collaborate on complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology for artificial intelligence (AI) application, the pair said Wednesday.CMOS is used for integrated circuits on memory chips and micr

LG Chem is expected to hold a board meeting on Thursday to decide on splitting off its battery business, TheElec has learned.The motion will be approved and LG Chem will form a new wholly-owned subsidiary within the first half of 2021, people familiar with the matter said.LG Corp will own LG Chem, a

Samsung Electronics will extend the pre-ordering period for the Galaxy Z Fold 2 to September 22 in South Korea, the company said on Wednesday.Official sales in the country will begin in September 23.The company initially planned to run pre-orders from the 15 to 17 but is extending this due to high p

Samsung Display said on Wednesday that the OLED panel of the Galaxy Z Fold 2 had the word’s smallest radius of curvature at 1.4R.1.4R means the curvature of the display when folded equals that of a circle with a radius of 1.4mm. The smaller the number, the more the display can be folded.Samsung said

S&S Tech will launch pellicle for use in silicon-based extreme ultraviolet (EUV) exposure process in semiconductor production, the company said on Wednesday.The company will launch them in the fourth quarter, it said at the 2020 EUVL Supplier Showcase event hosted by Hanyang University’s EUV-IUCC (I

Chinese metal company Vital Materials has been confirmed as the buyer of Samsung Corning Advanced Glass’s factory in Gumi, South Korea.Vital announced that it bought the ceramic target business of Samsung on its homepage. The Gumi factory has been producing targets used its display and solar panels.

Intel and Samsung Medison are developing a new smart workflow solutions to improve obstetric measurements that can help to increase maternal and fetal safety, the companies said.One of the solutions, BiometryAssist, will use Intel Core i3 processor, Intel Distribution of OpenVINO toolkit and OpenCV

KT Powertel said on Tuesday that it aims to secure 36 billion won in annual sales from its IoT business in 2023.The company is expecting the business contribute 8 billion won in sales in 2020.Its services include mobile data terminal, digital tacho graph and powertel positioning service.The company

Seoul Semiconductor has won its patent lawsuit in the US, the company said on Tuesday.The court in California has ordered a permanent injunction against LED products made by Philips and Feit that were sold by The Factory Depot.Philip’s signage affected by the injunction use Lextar’s LED package and

Telechips has chosen Dialog Semiconductor as its power management partner, the company said.Dolphin Plus and Dolphin 3 platforms, application processors for in-vehicle infotainment and digital cockpit, will use Dialog’s power management chips.Telechips will expand application of Dialog’s chips to ne

Camera lens company Kolen plans to expand sales of lens aimed at budget model smartphone, the company said on Tuesday.The South Korean firm previously relied on lens used in flagship smartphones. It is a supplier to Samsung Electronics.Multi-camera smartphones with more than three cameras accounted

Telecom equipment vendor Ace Technologies have won a new order for its remote radio heads (RRH) from a global client, the company said on Tuesday.It is its first order for RRH since 2013.The client already buys antenna filters from Ace.The South Korean company also plans to supply RRH to local clien

Samsung Electronics will began sales of the Galaxy Watch3 Titanium model in South Korea on September 18, the company said.The watch will cost 770,000 won. Samsung said it used titanium to make the watch that makes it light and durable. It also has a premium metal strap. Strap length is easy to adjus