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Samsung Pay Continues Global Momentum in 2016

by Isaac Oburu

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., announced that Samsung Pay, the most accepted mobile payment service that works at the majority of merchants today, has reached a global milestone – about five million registered users processed …

Tags:Korea| Mobile Apps| Mobile Phones| Payment Systems| Samsung| USA

KT Selects Ericsson AVP 4000 Encoders

by Tom Allen

Korean Telecom(KT), the nation’s largest IPTV operator, has chosen Ericsson’s AVP 400 MPEG-4 HD system encoders to enable 20 new HD channels over the next three years. Korean Telecom chose Ericsson’s equipment because of …

Tags:Back Panel| Ericsson| IPTV| Korea| Large Display Monitor| Video Encoders & Decoders| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Korea Invests in Public Displays

by Isaac Oburu

The Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technologies (KEIT) will invest as much as $6.67 million in public information displays, according to Korea-based ET News. Most of the displays will be sized 40- to 50-inch, …

Tags:Digital Signage| Investment| Korea| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 03

CGV First with Christie’s RGB Laser

by Tom Allen

CGV, the South Korean cinema chain, is the first exhibitor worldwide to install Christie’s RGB laser projection system. The system consists of Christie’s CP42LH 3DLP laser projector, and has been installed by local partner …

Tags:Back Panel| Christie| Cinema| Korea| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 52

Korean Government Invests to Boost Digital Signage

by Milos Pavlovic

Yonhap News Agency has reported that South Korea’s ICT ministry said Monday that it will spend 78.9 billion won (US$67.3 million) over the period to 2018 to develop the digital signage industry in line …

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Korean Government Invests to Boost Digital Signage

by Isaac Oburu

Yonhap News Agency has reported that South Korea’s ICT ministry said Monday that it will spend 78.9 billion won (US$67.3 million) over the period to 2018 to develop the digital signage industry in line …

Tags:Digital Signage| Korea

LG Markets OLEDs in Korea

by Tom Allen

LG has completed the construction of its OLED ‘sculptures’ at the N Seoul Tower (OLED ‘Sculptures’ to be Built in Seoul). 248 55″ OLED TV displays are used, in four different installations. OLED Panorama …

Tags:Back Panel| DOOH| Korea| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 22 - Issue 52

ETRI Uses Graphene to Raise Transparent Viewing Angles

by Tom Allen

Transparent OLEDs, like this 2010 Samsung prototype, suffer from poor viewing anglesBy integrating graphene into OLEDs, Korean scientists have managed to improve the transparency and image quality of display panels by between 40% and …

Tags:AMOLED| display components| Graphene| Korea| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 51

OLED ‘Sculptures’ to be Built in Seoul

by Tom Allen

Continuing to show off its OLED technology through signage (LG Promotes OLED With Massive Video Wall), LG Electronics and LG Display have shared plans to install OLED ‘sculptures’ at the N Seoul Tower in …

Tags:DOOH| Korea| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 22 - Issue 48

LG Begins Annual Reshuffle

by Tom Allen

LG has shared plans for its changes in top-level appointments, which will begin on the 1st December. Juno ChoJuno Cho will replace Park Jong-seok as president and CEO of LG Mobile Communications. Cho is …

Tags:Korea| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 22 - Issue 48

LG Display Makes Major Investment in Next-generation OLED Panels

by Isaac Oburu

LG Display, the world’s leading innovator of display technologies, announced today that it will invest KRW1.84 trillion to begin building a new panel plant in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, with production expected to commence …

Tags:Investment| Korea| LG Displays (LGD)

LGD Confirms Plans for Large OLED Factory

by Tom Allen

LG Display has finalised plans to build a new OLED fab of ‘9th generation or above’ size in Paju, South Korea (LG Display Plans OLED Investment). The P10 factory will be used to produce …

Tags:Korea| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 22 - Issue 47