[아!이뉴스] 8 million won annual salary increase for all Netmarble employees… ‘Uber Timap’ mobility dinosaur appeared

For readers who have difficulty seeing all the information pouring out in the IT world that changes day by day, we have prepared a personalized IT news summary section. The IT articles covered today in this journal are organized so that you can read them at a glance. We look forward to reading lightly on the way home from work. [편집자주]

◆ FTC approves establishment of Uber-Tmap Mobility joint venture

The Fair Trade Commission announced on the 10th that it would approve the establishment of a joint venture between Uber and Tmap Mobility.

Earlier, Uber reported to the Fair Trade Commission on October 22 last year that it would establish a joint venture with Tmap Mobility. The ownership ratio is 51% for Uber and 49% for Tmap Mobility, and the joint venture will provide a vehicle call service that mediates passengers and taxis.

The two companies will transfer vehicle calling services such as Uber Taxi, Uber Black and Tmap Taxi to the joint venture. Tmap Mobility plans to provide the Tmap map service transferred from SK Telecom to the joint venture.

Qualcomm announced on the 10th the Snapdragon X65 5G modem-RF system, a 4th generation 5G modem-RF solution.

This communication modem is the first 3GPP Release 16 based modem-RF system supporting 10 Gigabit 5G speed. Currently, it is being shipped as a prototype to manufacturers. It is designed to support the fastest 5G speeds available with wireless performance similar to those of current optical cables.

The Snapdragon X65 and Snapdragon X62 are currently shipping prototypes to customers. Commercial devices based on modem-RF solutions are expected to be released later this year.

◆ Global dating app’Tinder’ acquired by 2nd trillion Korean IT startups

Global dating app’Tinder’ will take over HyperConnect, a Korean IT startup. HyperConnect is operating a global video messenger’Azar’ in 230 countries around the world.

HyperConnect announced on the 10th that it has agreed to acquire a 100% stake in the US NASDAQ-listed Match Group for $1.75 billion (about KRW 1.93 trillion). The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of this year, and HyperConnect will continue its independent management system.

◆ S1·ADT Caps·KT Telecop challenge physical security industry’non-face-to-face’

According to the industry on the 10th, three physical security companies, such as S1, ADT Caps, and KT Telecop, are planning to focus on the contactless access control market in common this year, and continue to provide services for areas such as parking and building management and silver care based on their technology.

S1 will build a differentiated’integrated security platform’ using technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI). To this end, at the beginning of this year, the R&D organization was integrated with the business unit organization, and the physical security business and the building management business organization were merged into one.

ADT Caps plans to be reborn as a converged security service provider that combines physical and information security as it is about to merge with SK Infosec, the number one information security company in Korea next month. Furthermore, it has set the goal of becoming a global security provider.

KT Telecop is a strategy to expand new business areas targeting the increasing number of unmanned stores in the non-face-to-face era. It also suggested a goal to grow more than 10% in sales this year compared to the previous year. As part of this, the unmanned PC cafe solution, which has been conducting a pilot service since last year, will be upgraded and released within this year.

◆Nexon and Netmarble also join the ranks

Netmarble decided to increase the annual salary of all employees by 8 million won, and raise the annual salary for new recruits to 50 million won for the developer and 45 million won for non-development workers. On the afternoon of the 10th, Netmarble announced a plan to increase its annual salary.

Netmarble’s’surprise’ salary increase is not irrelevant to Nexon’s unconventional attempts to recruit personnel. Nexon announced a collective annual increase of 8 million won for all employees on the 1st, and this raises concerns that competitors will wipe out excellent developers, and Netmarble is believed to have made a strong increase in annual salary accordingly.

Following Nexon and Netmarble, the decision to raise the annual salary of all employees is expected to have a significant impact on the game industry’s job market. There is a high possibility that competition between game companies to recruit excellent developers will intensify in earnest.

◆Netmarble’s highest performance last year… Big 3 in the game industry

Netmarble achieved its highest performance last year thanks to its advancement in the global market. Netmarble announced on the 10th that it recorded annual sales of 2.48848 billion won, operating profit of 272 billion won, and net profit of 38.5 billion won in 2020. Compared to the same period of the previous year, sales increased 14.0%, and operating profit and net profit also increased 34.2% and 99.4%, respectively.

Netmarble’s achievements were driven by overseas sales. Last year, Netmarble’s overseas sales amounted to 1.79 trillion won, accounting for 72% of total sales. This is a 23.3% increase over the previous year, and the global share is gradually expanding.

Netmarble also achieved the highest performance last year, and Nexon, Netmarble, and NCsoft, the game industry’Big 3′, made remarkable results last year. Nexon exceeded 3 trillion won in annual sales for the first time in history last year, and NCsoft also exceeded 2 trillion won in annual sales.

◆OGN moves to close e-sports stadiums… From last December

OGN, which has only been rebroadcasting the existing broadcasts from late December last year, is expected to drop its hands from the operation of the e-sports stadium. Although the lease contract for OGN e-Stadium in Seoul is until December 31, it has been confirmed that the work of arranging major equipment in the stadium has already begun from the end of last year.

In addition, it was confirmed that the OGN office in the same building as the OGN e-Stadium was organized at the end of last year. In the case of’Facebook Gaming Arena’, which is an exclusive stadium for’Battleground’ located in the same building, the closing procedure was completed in June last year, which is earlier than this, and various equipment and equipment have been completely organized.

As a result, the OGN e-Stadium is virtually closed after 5 years since its opening in 2016. However, as the contract itself is still being maintained, the city of Seoul is in a position to review the operation plan until the contract is terminated. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said, “the contract with OGN remains, and there is no plan to terminate the lease contract for OGN e-Stadium.”

Reporter Moonki Kim [email protected]

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