At HUAWEI CONNECT 2022 on Sept. 21, Kim Jin, vice president of Huawei Optical Business Product Line, delivered a keynote speech entitled "F5G Evolution, Reshaping Industry Productivity" in which he laid out his vision that F5G will primarily evolve across three new industry scenarios, and released t
On Sept. 20, the second day of HUAWEI CONNECT 2022 Bangkok, Huawei launched a range of innovative infrastructure solutions to drive industry digitalization by finding the right technology for the right scenario. Industry stakeholders gathered together and held discussions around the theme "Innovativ
At the Industry Conference & Exhibition (IC&E) 2022 hosted by the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance, Wen Tong, Huawei Fellow and CTO of Huawei Wireless, delivered a keynote speech titled "Bridging 5G to 6G." In his speech, Tong explained the driving forces and plans that can help 5G ev
LG Electronics announced on Sept. 14 that it has succeeded in transmitting communication signals outdoors at a straight-line distance of 320 meters or longer by using a 6th-generation (6G) terahertz (THz) band. The THz band is the main frequency band for 6G mobile communication. The company recently
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at kyuha.lee@nhqv.com. -- Ed. Chinese smartphone shipments plummeted in July. Local Chinese players are making inventory adjustments in the wake of disappointing 618 Festival (June shopping season) sales. The reduced shipments
GlobalData recently released a report entitled 5G Mobile Core: Competitive Landscape Assessment. The assessment concluded that Huawei 5G Core portfolio is the strongest, rated as the "leader" among all the 5G core solutions and use cases around the world. The score gap between Huawei and No. 2 is up
SK ecoplant has signed an offshore wind power development agreement with Corio Generation, a wind power development company within Green Investment Group (GIG), and TotalEnergies, a global general energy company, the company announced on Sept. 5.GIG is a specialist green investor within Macquarie As
Korean battery makers’ combined market share declined in the January-July period of this year due to the rapid growth of Chinese competitors. In particular, in the July rankings, China’s BYD claiming second place, beating out LG Energy Solution.The total battery usage of electric vehicles (EVs) regi
Samsung Electronics' mobile application processor (AP) Exynos is approaching a double-digit market share on the back of sales growth in the mid- to low-end smartphone AP market.The Exynos brand was first unveiled in 2010. Samsung Electronics has sought to develop its own AP for the past 12 years
The Korean government has revised the power supply plan drawn up by the preceding Moon Jae-in administration, raising the proportion of nuclear power generation from 23.9 percent to 32.8 percent by 2030, while lowering the share of renewable energy-based power generation from 30.2 percent to 21.5 pe
Huawei has launched Asia Pacific Seeds for the Future 2022 in collaboration with ASEAN Foundation and Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). From Aug. 19 to 27, the program will bring together 120 outstanding students from 16 countries across the Asia Pacific region for a 9-day digital boot camp in Th
SK On, a battery cell maker affiliated with SK Group, is expected to more than double its sales this year compared to 2021. In the United States, its supply of electric vehicle (EV) batteries is rapidly expanding thanks to the partnerships with Ford and Volkswagen.SK On’s sales are expected to surpa
The author is an analyst of KB Securities. He can be reached at joonsop.analyst@kbfg.com. -- Ed. 2Q22 review: OP of KRW459.2bn (-3.5% YoY) meets KB estimate, market consensus— KT posted 2Q22 consolidated revenue of KRW6.31tn (+4.7% YoY) and OP of KRW459.2bn (-3.5% YoY), both meeting the market conse
The author is an analyst of KB Securities. He can be reached at joonsop.analyst@kbfg.com. -- Ed. 2Q22 review: OP growth of KRW459.6bn (+16.2% YoY)— SKT posted 2Q22 consolidated revenue of KRW4.29tn (+4.0% YoY) and OP of KRW459.6bn (+16.2% YoY), both meeting the market consensus (KRW4.31tn revenue; K
Qualcomm signed a US$4.2 billion contract with GlobalFoundries on Aug. 8 to increase its chip purchase. The size of their contracts increased to US$7.4 billion and the additional contract is for GlobalFoundries to produce in New York chips designed by Qualcomm for 5G transceiver, Wi-Fi, automotive a
KT announced on Aug. 7 that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Turk Telekom, a Turkish telecom operator.According to KT, Turk Telekom will launch the Korean Section on its Internet TV (IPTV) and over the top (OTT) service. KT plans to supply Korean content to the Korean Section and
The author is an analyst of KB Securities. He can be reached at joonsop.analyst@kbfg.com. -- Ed. 2Q22 review: OP at KRW248.4bn (-7.5% YoY)— LG Uplus posted 2Q22 consolidated OP of KRW248.4bn (standalone at KRW244.5bn), in line with the market consensus of KRW256.5bn (FnGuide, last three months). OP
Samsung Electronics has been selected as a 5G communication equipment supplier for Bharti Airtel, a nationwide mobile communication operator in India.Founded in 1995, Airtel Group is the world’s 4th-largest and India's second-largest wireless operator, with about 490 million subscribers worldwid
Competition is heating up among global memory semiconductor producers to develop compute express link (CXL)-based memory solutions. CXL is an open, industry-supported standard for CPU-to-device and CPU-to-memory connections. The CXL interface is a key technology that enables more innovative ways to
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at dongyang.kim@nhqv.com. -- Ed. Doosan Corp’s liquidity issues have been successfully addressed. Going forward, growth potential is to strengthen for the firm thanks to stable in-house businesses (led by electronics), recogni