South Korea - Mobile operator LG Telecom has changed its corporate identity to LG U+. The company said that the letter U stands for ‘ubiquitous technology’, and the plus sign represents the added value the company seeks to offer its customers. LG Telecom in January absorbed its subsidiaries LG Dacom and LG Powercom. The new entity then adopted ‘Combined LG Telecom’ as its temporary identity. LG U+ was selected from some 800 candidates. The company will officially adopt … [Read more...] about LG Telecom unveils new corporate identity

Beijing - China's 3G users have exceeded 20 million within one year since last May, and are estimated to reach 150 million by the end of next year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the Economic Daily reported. The recent MIIT report shows that in the first quarter of 2010, the China Mobile TD network has covered over 238 cities, and its rival, China Unicom, has built 335 WCDMA networks, while China Telecom made 342 networks. In all, China's 3G … [Read more...] about China: 3G users exceed 20 million within a year

Singapore - As the economy recovers, consumers in Asia are once again spending on technical consumer equipment (TCE), particularly on LCD-TVs, according to a report by GfK Asia. GfK findings reveal that one product within the consumer electronics sector that has been displaying exceptional performance is LCD-TV. Sales of LCD-TV total more than half of all spending on Consumer Electronics products in countries like Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. … [Read more...] about LCD-TV sales in Asia picking up