Samsung Display to invest $11 billion on facilities and R&D by 2025

Of the 13.1 trillion won, Samsung Display aims to spend 10 trillion won on facilities and the balance on research and development. On Thursday, South Korea’s presidential office issued a statement saying, Samsung Display plans on investing $11.0 billion (13.1 trillion won) on facilities and research by 2025. Samsung Display is a unit of Samsung…

BMW & Tencent to launch computing center for self-driving cars in Tianjin

The computing center is of strategic importance since it will provide self-driving cars the required computing power to analyze real-time data including road and traffic conditions. On Friday, BMW stated, it is partnering with China’s Tencent Holdings to launch a computing center in China which will help develop self-driving cars. The computing center is expected…

Tencent’s earnings report reveals surging licensing and content production costs

Excluding one-off items, Tencent Music Entertainment Group earned 0.57 yuan per American depositary share in the quarter, in line with analysts’ average estimate, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. In a significant development, China’s hugely successful content streaming firm Tencent Music Entertainment Group delivered its first earnings report as a public company. Although its result…

Israeli blockchain startup Orbs receives investments from South Korea’s Kakao Investment

Orb will use the proceeds for R&D, and growth purposes. On Thursday, Israeli blockchain startup Orbs disclosed, it has received an investment from Kakao Investment – the venture capital arm of South Korean internet conglomerate Kakao Corp. Orbs did not disclose the size of the investment. Earlier this year, Kakao had stated it would establish…

SoftBank and Alibaba lead in Tokopedia latest funding round

Tokopedia has garnered $1.1 billion from its latest funding round wherein it was valued at $7 billion. Tokopedia, an Indonesian e-commerce company, stated it has secured $1.1 billion from its latest funding round which was led by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp and China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. This investment follows a similar trend from last…

Nokia signs $2.3 billion deal with China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom

The development comes midst efforts by China to merge two of the nation’s top wireless carriers to speed up the development of 5G mobile services. 5G will play a strategic and significant role in the coming years. On Wednesday, Finland’s mobile telecom network maker Nokia stated, it has signed a $2.3 billion (2 billion euros)…