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SK Telecom Partners with France-based Schneider Electric for AI Data Center Development

SK Telecom Partners with France-based Schneider Electric for AI Data Center Development

SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. said Wednesday that it has partnered with France-based automation and energy management company Schneider Electric as part of its strategies to secure technologies for artificial intelligence (AI) data centers through global collaborations. On the sidelines of the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 in Barcelona, Spain, [...]

SK Telecom Partners with U.S.-based IonQ for AI, Quantum Computing

SK Telecom Partners with U.S.-based IonQ for AI, Quantum Computing

SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s biggest telecommunications company, said Thursday it has partnered with U.S.-based quantum computing firm IonQ to collaborate on artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. Under a memorandum of understanding (MOU), SK Telecom plans to integrate IonQ’s quantum computing technology with its own AI capabilities, including [...]

SK Telecom to Join MIT-led Consortium for Generative AI

SK Telecom to Join MIT-led Consortium for Generative AI

SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) - SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Tuesday it will collaborate with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as part of its broader strategies to enhance its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. SK Telecom will join the MIT GenAI Impact Consortium, an industry-academia initiative aimed at exploring the [...]

SK Telecom’s AI Assistant ‘Aster’ to Feature Connection to Major Apps: Sources

SK Telecom’s AI Assistant ‘Aster’ to Feature Connection to Major Apps: Sources

SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co.’s envisioned artificial intelligence (AI) assistant service for global users will likely feature connections to popular online applications, such as Google Calendar, sources said Thursday. The AI assistant, named aster, is expected to help users create to-do lists and make reservations for transportation and accommodations based on [...]

SK Telecom Launches Nvidia Chip-based AI Cloud Service

SK Telecom Launches Nvidia Chip-based AI Cloud Service

SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s major telecommunications company, said Monday it has launched an artificial intelligence cloud service based on Nvidia Corp.’s graphic processing unit (GPU) in cooperation with U.S. cloud computing firm Lambda. The newly launched GPU-as-a-service (GPUaaS) is based on Nvidia’s H100 chip, currently the most advanced [...]

SK Hynix Teams Up with SK Telecom, Penguin Solutions for AI Data Center Biz

SK Hynix Teams Up with SK Telecom, Penguin Solutions for AI Data Center Biz

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chip giant SK hynix Inc. said Thursday it has partnered with SK Telecom Co. and U.S. artificial intelligence computing company Penguin Solutions Inc. to advance the AI data center industry through joint research and development and commercialization efforts. The trilateral agreement, signed on the sidelines of [...]

SK Telecom to Launch Beta Service of AI Agent for N. America in March

SK Telecom to Launch Beta Service of AI Agent for N. America in March

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday it will begin a beta service of its artificial intelligence agent “aster” in March, targeting North American customers. The company opened beta registration for aster during CES 2025, which kicked off Tuesday for a four-day run in Las Vegas. SK Telecom said the [...]

SK Telecom Aims to Make S. Korea AI Data Center Hub for Asia-Pacific Region: CEO

SK Telecom Aims to Make S. Korea AI Data Center Hub for Asia-Pacific Region: CEO

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., the telecommunications arm of SK Group, will push to create an artificial intelligence (AI) data center hub for the Asia-Pacific region in South Korea, its chief executive said Monday. SK Telecom CEO Ryu Young-sang outlined the vision, dubbed the “AI infrastructure superhighway,” centered on creating comprehensive [...]

SK Telecom, Perplexity to Join Hands to Innovate Global Search Engine Market

SK Telecom, Perplexity to Join Hands to Innovate Global Search Engine Market

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading telecommunications company, said Wednesday it will join hands with Perplexity, a U.S. artificial intelligence startup, in a bid to transform the global search engine market. In a joint press conference in Seoul, SK Telecom and Perplexity outlined their vision to co-lead the AI [...]

SK Telecom Launches Enterprise Passkey Authentication System as SaaS

SK Telecom Launches Enterprise Passkey Authentication System as SaaS

SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom, a leading South Korean telecommunications company, announced on August 26 that it will provide a ‘passkey’ system to businesses as a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, enabling login and user authentication without passwords. Passkey is a global standard technology that allows authentication and login through public key [...]