South Korea

The capital expenditure (capex) plans of South Korea's mobile operators could fall further during 2009, after cuts to budgets were made in 2008. Blaming the global economic slowdown,... 2008-11-06

South Korean telecoms operator LG Telecom may wish to take advantage of greater opportunities available to it in the country's mobile sector, as its major rivals SK Telecom ... 2008-10-29

With 97% of South Korean households subscribed to broadband - making the country the most connected in the world - internet service providers have been left to concentrate on what... 2008-08-06

Chinese equipment vendor Potevio, a joint venture between Nokia (49%) and China Putian (51%), has announced a deal with Italy's Mywave Electronics, an equipment manufacturer.... 2008-07-22

South Korea's LG Electronics has recorded an 83.6% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase in quarterly earnings for Q208. The company, which manufactures high-end mobile handsets, saw earnings... 2008-07-21

High Tech Computer Corp (HTC), a leading Taiwanese smartphone handset provider, has agreed to supply South Korea's mobile market leader SK Telecom with its Touch Dual handset... 2008-07-02

Amid the falling market shares of their respective operations, leading mobile service providers, South Korea's KTF and Japan's NTT DoCoMo, are to jointly procure a 3G handset model... 2008-05-29

SK Telecom, South Korea's leading mobile operator, together with several companies under the SK Group banner, are to invest US$1bn in China to build a digital content and design... 2008-05-28

A softening of South Korea's telecommunications regulatory policy has seen the BlackBerry handset make its debut in the market. Services are to be offered by market leader SK Telecom,... 2008-05-14

South Korean electronics manufacturer LG Electronics has reported its second highest profit for four years in its Q108 results. The operator saw its mobile handset division perform... 2008-04-17