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'No iPhone without Samsung patents'

By Kim Yoo-chulShin Jong-kyunSamsung Electronics presidentThe chief executive of Samsung Electronics has expressed confidence about the ongoing patent battle with Apple, saying that no smartpohone can exist without patents from Korea’s technology giants.``The truth never lies. Without Samsung-owned wireless patents, it’s impossible for the Cupertino-based Apple to produce its handsets,’’ said Samsung’s mobile chief Shin Jong-kyun in a brief meeting with local reporters on his way to the company’s main office in downtown Seoul, Wednesday.``As you know, Samsung is very strong in terms of portfolios of wireless patents,’’ the executive added. The remarks come after the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) decided to review an earlier ruling that Apple didn’t infringe four patents of Samsung Electronics in its mobile devices including the iPhone and iPad.The USITC decision means Samsung grabbed the chance to persuade judges that Apple’s i-branded products infringed on Samsung-owned wireless patents. The USITC will ma

Nov 21, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
Tech & Science

Apple ruling to be reviewed

By Kim Yoo-chulITC building in WashingtonThe U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) decided Tuesday (KST) to review an earlier decision that Apple didn’t infringe on four patents held by Samsung in its mobile devices. A preliminary ruling in September by an ITC administrative judge found that Apple hadn’t violated any of the four patents at issue. Two of them were considered ``standards essential,’’ meaning they should be licensed out to competitors.``The ITC has determined to review the initial determination issued by the presiding administrative law judge on Sept. 14, 2012. The commission requests certain briefing from the parties on the issues under review. The commission also requests briefing from the parties and the public on the issues of remedy, the public interest and bonding,’’ the commission said. It seems uncertain whether the USITC will rule differently from September as a complete overturn through a re-evaluation isn’t common, said patent experts. ``Receiving a judgment at the USITC means a lot in itself and has a big impact,

Nov 20, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
Tech & Science

KT in talks with Google for Nexus 4

By Kim Yoo-chulPyo Hyun-myongKT presidentKorea’s telecommunication giant KT said that it’s been in talks with Google and LG Electronics in an attempt to sell Google’s latest budget phone ― the Nexus 4 ― to Korean customers.Google partnered with LG Electronics for the Nexus phone. The mobile, which has been selling well since its debut, is priced at half of LG Electronics’ strategic Optimus G smartphone with 16GB model, which is selling for $349 per unit without contract. The retail price for the G smartphone is 999,000 won or some $850.``For local consumers, KT is asking our partners to give permission to sell the Nexus 4 smartphone via online. KT has released Nexus 1, 2 and 3,’’ KT President Pyo Hyun-myung wrote on his twitter page, early Tuesday.The executive, who is the right-hand man of chairman and CEO Lee Suk-chae, declined to elaborate further. ``As the Nexus 4 has advanced hardware specifications with competitive pricing, LG is showing its passive stance towards the Nexus in South Korea,’’ said an LG Electronics o

Nov 20, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
Tech & Science

Samsung CEO to miss tech show

By Kim Yoo-chulSamsung Electronics Chief Executive and Vice Chairman Kwon Oh-hyun has decided not to attend an upcoming technology exhibition in the United States amid the ongoing global patent war with its estranged bedfellow Apple, according to Samsung officials Monday.``Samsung Electronics CEO Kwon will not attend next year’s International Consumer Electronics Show (ICES) in Las Vegas in January as Samsung wants to convey a message that there is a Chinese wall between component and finished goods business units,’’ said a high-ranking Samsung executive by telephone.ICES is the world’s most influential annual tech fair with all major technology companies showing their latest gadgets in the Las Vegas Convention Center for a week. ``The CEO’s absence for the exhibition means the company’s consumer electronics division chief Yoon Boo-keun will be there to hold a press conference on Kwon’s behalf for the South Korean media for next year’s business targets and details,’’ said the executive.Company spokesman Song Cheol-gyu n

Nov 19, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
Tech & Science

KT may halve payroll by 2020

By Kim Yoo-chul KT headquarters in PundangKT is considering a rationalization plan to halve the number of its employees by 2020, sources said Monday. Currently, KT employs 32,334.“When you look at KT’s entire corporate size, it is too big to catch up with the industry trend,” a KT executive said.He said on condition of anonymity that the company needs to bring it to the level of its mobile rival SK Telecom in terms of efficiency. SK Telecom employs just over 4,000 regular workers. He said the company’s top management has reached a broad consensus to improve efficiency via restructuring. “It is our rule to make that reduction by attrition,” he said, ruling out massive layoffs. The official added that details remaining undecided. KT’s smart work system is a way of increasing efficiency with a smaller workforce. Smart working is an approach that embraces new technological possibilities to allow operations from any location. Some 4,000 KT employees use this system. According to the semiannual reports filed by carriers to Financial Security S

Nov 19, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
Tech & Science

Will Judge Koh rule on flawed Apple verdict?

Samsung targets foreman Hogan  U.S. Judge KohBy Kim Yoo-chulCan U.S. Federal Judge Luch Koh go ahead and rule on a verdict by a “flawed jury” on Dec. 6? Legal experts argue against Judge Koh belatedly calling the jury’s decision flawed. It would be tantamount to admitting to a mistake. This is not about the content of the $1 billion verdict against Samsung but more about the procedure. The judge has promised she will reexamine alleged misconduct by jury foreman Velvin Hogan.In an interesting twist, Samsung submitted to Koh a request to have the ruling nullified, citing the foreman’s failure to come clean about himself during the jury selection process. The request was filed on Nov. 9 and the copy of the 27-page document was obtained by The Korea Times. ``As post-trial developments have made clear, jury foreman Velvin Hogan deliberately concealed information about his prior litigation experience in response to this Court’s direct questioning about that subject. Had he answered truthfully, Samsung could have stricken him and prevented his introdu

Nov 15, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
Will Judge Koh rule on flawed Apple verdict?
Tech & Science

SK C&C boosts biz in Southeast Asia

SK C&C China President Lee Nam-bang, right, signs a contract with Ming Pi-an, a Chinese government official, left, after the Korean company agreed to invest in a China-based tech firm to boost its e-commerce business in China in October. / Courtesy of SK C&CBy Kim Yoo-chulSK C&C, the information and technology arm of SK Group, aims to increase the portion of its overseas revenue to 20 percent by 2015 from the current 7 percent. ``We’ve lost some business chances in the Middle East and North Africa region due to the eurozone crisis and a slow economic recovery in the United States. But SK C&C doesn’t worry too much as we have made profits in countries that we previously invested in heavily,’’ said Park Tae-jin, who leads the company’s overseas business, in a meeting with local reporters, Wednesday. SK C&C’s current key markets are Bangladesh, Turkey, China and Turkmenistan. It provides technology infrastructure, mobile commerce platforms and system solutions to governments.``SK C&C plans to establish various joint ventur

Nov 15, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
SK C&C boosts biz in Southeast Asia
Tech & Science

Samsung to invest $1.8 bil. on OLED

By Kim Yoo-chulSamsung Display, the display arm of Samsung Group, has decided to invest up to 2 trillion won or some $1.8 billion to boost the output of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens, according to Samsung officials.The officials said that the decision was mainly aimed at actively responding to the explosive demand for brighter screens.To that end, the company will not build a new factory but extend the space to produce more small- and mid-sized OLEDs at its current factory in the provincial city of Asan, South Chungcheong Province, the officials said, Wednesday.Despite the sluggish demand for electronic devices such as televisions and home appliances amid the prolonged recession in Europe and the weak economic recovery in the United States, the display unit is receiving more orders for those screens from Samsung Electronics.``Samsung Display will invest as much as 2 trillion won for more OLED display outputs to push ahead with its plan to start mass production of displays using plastic rather than glass, a move that will make mobile devices lighter, flexible and unbreak

Nov 14, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
Tech & Science

SK, LG urged to join 'fair price' system

KT President Pyo Hyun-myung talks about the company’s new wireless-related business strategies in a press conference at its headquarters in downtown Seoul, Tuesday. Pyo urged rivals SK Telecom and LG Uplus to join KT’s “fair price campaign” in an attempt to cool down the heated race over subsidies by the three carriers. / Courtesy of KTBy Kim Yoo-chul, Cho Mu-hyun A senior executive of KT, the nation’s second-biggest mobile carrier, has urged SK Telecom and LG Uplus to join the so-called ``fair price campaign’’ on mobile devices in a bid to cool down the heated practice of excessive subsidies.``KT has tried very hard to make significant changes to customers’ decade-long purchase pattern of mobile devices. However, we have seen a limited reaction from the local mobile industry,” said Pyo Hyun-myung, head of KT’s Personal Customer Group, at a press conference held to unveil the firm’s new service and billing strategies.“We can’t carry out the campaign alone. The solution to the subsidy war is the introdu

Nov 13, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
Tech & Science

MS Office 2013 to be available on iPhone, iPad

By Kim Yoo-chulU.S.-based computing giant Microsoft (MS) said its Office 2013 software will be available for Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating system this year.``There are seven separate products in our updated Office 2013. Currently, two products _ a writing and a communication tool _ are available on Apple’s iOS mobile platform,’’ said MS Korea spokeswoman Lee Seung-yeon, Tuesday, during an event to unveil Office 2013 at the Grand InterContinental Hotel in downtown Seoul.Expanding the Office to the iPhone and Google-powered mobile devices opens the software up to millions of new potential clients.During the unveiling event, MS said Office, which is featured with enhanced Cloud integration, changes for Word, Excel and PowerPoint and Outlook, was designed to increase the firm’s share in businesses related to social networking services.``One of the striking features for Office is a strengthened social networking function, mainly for corporate clients,’’ Lee said.MS recently unveiled a commercial networking site, where small busi

Nov 13, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
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