In the Digital Age, everything moves at warp speed. This pace is why Pantech believes time is too precious a commodity to squander. While our competitors may assume that a working year encompasses 365 days, we strive to make a single day equal a working year, by constantly aiming, as a team that's a family, to produce better products, to perform further R&D and to provide outstanding customer service.
As a result, we've been able to grow by leaps and bounds to become what we are today: one of the world's leading companies in the telecommunications field.
However, we're not satisfied with merely staying in the status quo, and so, through a relentless, fanatical focus on R&D evolution, we will continue to stride boldly on the path leading to the future of the technlogy age.
The Pantech Timeline ~ Evolution of An Enterprise
Obtain license for GSM mobile phone in China
Affiliated with SK Teletech Co.
Establish true global network
Inducement of capital investment and strategic alliance with Motorola
Launched the CDMA2000
Pantech Co. affiliated with Pantech & Curitel Communications, Inc.
Patented the core element of DC Prediction MPEG-4 Video Standard
ISO9001 Certified
Gimpo plant expansion
ISO14001-Certified
Received international certification for GSM mobile phones and began exports
TL9000-Certified
First launched the 0.33 Mega-pixel flash camera phone (PD-6000, PD-K600) in Korea
Dalian Daxian Pantech Communications Co. established in Dalian
Pantech & Curitel Communications, Inc. first publicly-traded on Korean Stock Exchange
Launched the world's first 1.3M pixel camera phone
Obtained three international patents for MPEG4 compression technology
Launched the world's first 2 Mega-pixel CCD camera mobile phone with 2x optical zoom
Developed the world's first 3M-pixel camera phone with in-house CMOS module
Launched the world's first fingerprint-recognition mobile phone
Initiated 'Curriors', a professional e-sports team
Signed a $1.6 billion (USD) contract with Audiovox for the export of 10 million handsets
Obtained license for CDMA mobile phone in China
Developed the world's first 'Zigbee' phone using the new short distance wireless technology
Introduced CCD-camera module to domestic market
Began production of CDMA mobile phones
GSM Mobile Phone development commences
Pantech Co. publicly traded on Korean Stock Exchange
Completed new factory in the Gimpo suburb of Seoul
Produced 1G PCS Mobile Phone
Pantech established
Pantech Research Center established
Began domestic sales and exports of Pantech pagers
Unique Two-Way Radio introduced in domestic and export consumer markets