Samsung Electronics says its next quarterly report is likely to show a 25% drop in operating profit.
The fall is being blamed on a slowdown in the smartphone and tablet markets as well as the strong South Korean currency.
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Google revealed more about its ‘Android Wear’ platform at the Google I/O developer conference last week, with Samsung and LG both confirming the availability of new smartwatches.
Android Wear - a version of the Android mobile operating system for wearable devices - was previewed in March
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Simon Stanford, Vice President of Mobile & IT for Samsung UK and Ireland, has left the company.
He’d been with Samsung for almost five years, taking over the ‘Head of Mobile’ role in 2010 when Mark Mitchinson left.
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South Korean mobile phone network SK Telecom has announced the launch of 225Mbps LTE-Advanced, the first time this combination of speed and technology has been made available commercially.
It’s three times faster than conventional 4G LTE and fifteen times faster than 3G, which means consumers could download a 1GB movie just in 37 seconds.
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Podcast - 18th June 2014
We open this week's podcast with news about the European Commission and South Korea working together on 5G mobile technology.
There's a quick look at Samsung's new tablet, some acquisition deals to talk about, a tax investigation, research into wearable devices and plenty of other mobile industry news as well.
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