OUR VISION
Connectivity is what drives the modern world forward. From its conceptualization, Newratek’s goal has been to enable the automation of connectivity that can be utilized by any industry, or any person, across the globe. Operating from offices in the South Korea, United States, and Taiwan, we maintain our preparedness to meet demands globally and facilitate the growth of the IoT market with our products and services.
WHO ARE WE
Newratek is the world's leading fabless semiconductor company for Wi-Fi HaLow. We are partnered with numerous world leading semiconductor companies, consumer electronic device manufactures, and IoT/ M2M device manufactures to provide innovative Wi-Fi HaLow connectivity by customizing WLAN functionalities into business systems for high profitability while being cost effective.
OUR INTELLECT
Newratek consist of highly distinguished engineers, researchers, strategists, and executive members. Over 90% of our top talents have Master's and/or Doctoral Degrees from respective fields along with ten plus years of commercial, industrial, and technological experience from global industry-leading companies including Samsung, Broadcom, Cisco, IBM, Qualcomm, Marvell, and LG Electronics.
OUR EXPERTISE
Advancements in technology over the last few decades have created exponentially rise in consumer demand for faster, smarter machine to machine wireless networks while increasing the standardization of automation. Newratek is here to answer the call by offering consumers Wi-Fi HaLow wireless solutions to improve operating efficiency, lower costs, and provide consumers with reliable and secure wireless connection for mission critical applications.
OUR FOOTPRINT
Apart from the development of groundbreaking products, Newratek has strived to continuously achieve significant accomplishments to further bolster our leadership in technology and create permanent footprints in the foundation of various Wi-Fi development capabilities. Some of our greatest honors are as follows:
- World’s first Release of long range and low power Wi-Fi SoC based on IEEE 802.11ah (Oct. 2018)
- One of the world’s top technical contributor to IEEE 802.11ax standards (2014-2018)
- Awarded “Best Wi-Fi IOT Product” in Wi-Fi Now 2019 (Nov. 2019)
- Awarded “Best Wi-Fi IOT Startup” in Wi-Fi Now 2021 (Dec. 2021)
- World’s first Release of IEEE 802.11ah Wi-Fi SoC in TVWS (Mar. 2022)
Dr. Sok Kyu Lee
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Sok Kyu Lee serves as the CEO and Chairman of the board for NEWRACOM, where he is responsible for guiding the vision and direction for corporate strategy. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Gwangwoon University, M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Gwangwoon University and New York University, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Prior to NEWRACOM, Dr. Lee served as the Director of ETRI for more than 14 years, during which he received two Minister’s Awards for outstanding achievement for R&D projects in 2006 and 2008. He is a named inventor in nearly 600 domestic and international patents related to WLAN research. Dr. Lee brings a wealth of both engineering and technology commercialization experience to the NEWRACOM team.
Dr. Jong-Han Lim
Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Jong-Han Lim received a B.S. and M.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from Seoul National University, Korea, in 1990 and 1992, respectively and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University, USA, in 2001. He is currently the Chief Technology Officer of NEWRACOM.
Prior to joining NEWRACOM, he was a university industry cooperation professor with Electronic Engineering, Seoul National University in Korea. He began his carrier at Korea Telecom as a system engineer in 1992, and then moved to Digital Media & Communications R&D Center, Samsung Electronics, Korea in 2002. He has worked for Samsung more than 16 years and has been involved in development of communication modem chips for 2G (cdma1x, EVDO), 3G (WCDMA), 4G (LTE) and 5G. Currently, he is focusing on the development of low power WLAN modem chips.
Mr. Kee Bae Cho
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Mr. Kee Bae Cho serves as the COO and board member for NEWRATEK, where he is responsible for domestic sales and product manufacturing. He brings wide experience among the development, manufacturing, and sales of IC products to the company as a 30+ year veteran in the semiconductor business arena.
Prior to joining NEWRATEK, Mr. Cho served as CMO of DK Semicon, CEO of Arum Mobile, Sales & Marketing VP of Woosim System, Sr. Design Consultant of Professional Service Group, Synopsys, and Project Leader of ASIC Design Team, Daewoo Semiconductor. He received a B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from Yonsei University, KOREA.
