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- Deployed the first Mobile WiMAX
network in Russia
- Launched production at a flat-
panel TV plant in Russia
- Served as the official wireless
telecommunications equipment
partner of the Beijing 2008
Paralympic Games
- Sold 10-millionth microwave oven
in Russia
- Signed sponsorship deal for
Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games
- Launched production of the
industry’s first 50nm 2Gb DDR3
DRAM
SEPTEMBER
- Surpassed USD 50 billion in
exports
- Opened Samsung d’light brand
showcase at Seoul HQ
- Awarded deployment contracts
for Mobile WiMAX service in
Taiwan and Kuwait
- Unveiled the P3 MP3 player with
haptic UI
- Opened the Samsung Experience
brand shop in Dubai
- Led the global TV market for the
third consecutive year
DECEMBER
- Led European home theater
system market in
January-to-August sales
- Led US mobile phone market in
Q3 for the first time
- Sold 2-millionth flat-panel TV with
liquid-crystal styling just seven
months after market debut
- Shipped an industry record 5.39
million LCD TVs in Q3
- Launched production of high-
performance 256GB solid-state
drives
NOVEMBER
- Led J.D. Power and Associates
customer satisfaction rankings for
French door and side-by-side
refrigerators for the 4th
consecutive year in the US
- Launched the first US Mobile
WiMAX service with Sprint
(Clearwire)
- Launched production at a LCD
module plant in Slovakia
- Launched the M8800 Pixon
touchscreen phone with
8-megapixel camera
OCTOBER
- Launched Series 6 full-HD plasma
TVs
- Reached agreement with Intel and
TSMC on transition to 450mm
silicon wafers
- Unveiled the industry’s first blue-
phase mode LCD panel
- Appointed Yoon-Woo Lee vice
chairman and CEO
- Launched MultiXpress
multifunction printer series with
the industry’s fastest A4 color and
monochrome print speeds
MAY
- Launched Armani premium LCD
TV series
- Hosted 3GPP working group
meetings
- Launched SyncMaster T series
full-HD-ready LCD monitors
- Served as the official wireless
telecommunications equipment
partner of the Beijing 2008
Olympic Games
- Launched the industry’s first front-
load washer with “bubble wash”
technology
AUGUST
- Named “Best Managed Company
in Korea” by FinanceAsia
- Hosted Samsung Future Mobile
Forum 2008
- Joined the Korea Fair Trade
Commission’s Triangle
Cooperation Program
- Sold 150-millionth mobile phone
in the US
- Initiated discussions with
Samsung SDI to establish
active-matrix OLED venture
JULY
- Acquired WiMAX Forum 2.5 GHz
certification
- Unveiled 90nm smart card IC chip
- Launched production of 300mm
wafers in Singapore with Siltronic
- Launched the i900 Omnia flagship
smartphone
- Marked 38th consecutive
month at global No. 1 in large
LCD panel market
- Led the global A4 color laser
multifunction printer market for the
first time in Q2
JUNE
- Launched SyncMaster T series
LCD monitors with liquid-crystal
styling
- Swept top honors at CTIA
Wireless 2008 with M800
Instinct phone
- Acquired WiMAX Forum 2.3 GHz
certification
- Launched production of industry’s
first 50nm 1Gb DDR2 DRAM
- Launched u900 Soul flagship
slider phone
- Signed agreement with Sony to
build second 8th generation LCD
line at S-LCD
APRIL
- Entered the Japanese Mobile
WiMAX market
- Launched first full-HD LCD TVs
with liquid-crystal styling
- Launched W420 Haptic
touchscreen phone with tactile
touch feedback
- Launched Korea’s first remote
management system for
commercial air conditioners
MARCH
- Signed semiconductor licensing
agreements with ARM and
Tensilica
- Led the global TV market for the
second consecutive year
- Launched first fast-cook oven with
steam cooking and cleaning
- Launched the industry’s first
3D-ready plasma TVs
FEBRUARY
- Surpassed sales of USD
100 billion in 2007
- Acquired Consumer Complaints
Management System certification
from the Korea Fair Trade
Commission
- Sponsored the African Cup of
Nations in Ghana
- Shipped 20-millionth E250 mobile
phone
- Signed semiconductor patent
cross-licensing agreement with
Matsushita
JANUARY
2008 AT A GLANCE