Ahn-Ku Toh

Intel Corp.s Centrino mobile technology platform, which includes low-voltage Banias CPUs and the Calexico wireless chipset, has helped lift the fortunes of notebook manufacturers. But the companys entry into the wireless LAN (WLAN) market has pushed other WLAN providers, who fear that Intel will monopolize their industry, to examine their business strategies. In South Korea, […]

Koreas wireless standards body has selected Sun Microsystems Inc.s Mobile Java for the countrys next-generation wireless Internet platform. The organization and Koreas leading mobile phone providers SK Telecom, KTF and LG Telecom have announced a partnership with Sun to develop the next major version of Koreas Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability (WIPI), share technology licensing […]

SK Telecom, Koreas largest wireless carrier, along with anti-virus vendor Ahn Lab and mobile security specialist I.A. Security last week unveiled new anti-virus tools for mobile phones. As part of the trios eight-month development effort, SK Telecom provided wireless platform technology, with Ahn Lab developing a mobile anti-virus engine and I.A. Security supplying wireless security […]

SEOUL, South Korea—Responding to rapidly growing demand here for camcorder phones that can shoot and store video and sound clips, Samsung Electronics this week launched the Anycall SCH-V330, an IMT-2000 mobile phone with built-in camcorder functionality. The device can shoot and store up to 20 minutes of video clips with sound, which can be played […]

SEOUL, South Korea—MarkAny, a South Korean DRM (digital rights management) solution company, announced last week it has developed DRM tools that restrict the copying of images and other content on the Web. Until now, DRM solutions have not been very successful in limiting the copying of Web content. MarkAnys new software, MarkAny Image SAFER, bans […]

SEOUL, South Korea—SK Telecom, Koreas largest wireless carrier, and China Unicom, Chinas second largest mobile phone operator and only CDMA cellular service provider, agreed last week to a joint venture to pursue wireless Internet projects in China, officials of both companies said. The joint venture is expected to start providing wireless Internet service in the […]

SEOUL, South Korea—Having achieved nearly 100 percent penetration of mobile phone service, South Koreas telecommunication providers are now competing to offer wireless Internet services. Earlier this month, Korea Telecom (KT), South Koreas largest broadband provider, began demonstrating early iterations of its 2.3GHz wireless Internet service technology. Expanded tests of the service, including trials with partners […]