On the occasion of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea, Samsung, as the global Olympic partner in the category of wireless communication devices and computing equipment, announces that the official PyeongChang 2018 application is available for download. With the application, sports fans will be able to better enjoy the Winter Olympics and they get access to sports results in real time, to information about individual athletes, medals won and Paralympic records.
The official PyeongChang 2018 app, a follow-up to the 2004 Wireless Olympic Works service, offers location-specific content, breaking news, informace about tickets and venues, as well as a service to support athletes online.
"We are committed to delivering the best possible Winter Olympic experience for athletes, fans and consumers, and are therefore proud to be entrusted with providing the communications infrastructure that will help spread the Olympic spirit around the world." said Younghee Lee, Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Samsung Electronics. "Our goal is to provide meaningful and memorable experiences for all participants with the help of our advanced innovative technologies."
The app provides the most up-to-date informace about the Winter Olympics and allows users to customize content to receive the freshest informace about the specific events and results they are most interested in, and alerts about their favorite countries, sports or athletes. The application environment is localized into English, Korean, French, Japanese and Chinese and is completely free to download
[appbox googleplay simple com.pyeongchang2018.mobileguide]
About Samsung's involvement in the Olympic Games
Samsung participated in the Olympic Games for the first time as a local sponsor of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Beginning with the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, the company further expanded its support of the Olympic movement, becoming the worldwide Olympic partner for wireless communications equipment and a provider of its own wireless communications platform and mobile devices.
These innovative mobile technologies provide interactive communication and information services and Samsung Pay to the Olympic community, athletes and fans around the world. Samsung is running a number of different Olympic campaigns to share the excitement of the Olympic Games with people around the world and allow everyone to personally participate in the Olympic Games through modern mobile devices.
Samsung will also fulfill its commitment as a global Olympic partner in the field of wireless communication devices and computer equipment at the PyeongChang 2018 and Tokyo 2020 Games.
