SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, announced that it has developed and is set to commercialize artificial intelligence (AI)-based post-production technology in collaboration with domestic digital content distribution company NEW ID. Designed to remove the captions, viewing ratings and sound sources protected by copyright that are digitally [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest wireless carrier, said Thursday it will open up a series of offices through Sphere, the company’s dedicated workspace, in Seoul, Ilsan and Bundang, on the outskirts of Seoul. SK Telecom staff will be able to access these workspaces without ID cards thanks to [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Co. said Thursday its artificial intelligence service designed to help the visually impaired has won an award at the world’s largest mobile show in Barcelona. The wireless carrier said the AI-based virtual service co-developed with local social venture group Tuat has received an [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won will double as a chairman at SK Telecom Co., the mobile carrier unit under the conglomerate’s wing, to accelerate its digital innovation efforts centering on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, SK said Monday. The board of SK Telecom has endorsed Chey as an unpaid and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Wednesday its fourth-quarter net profit fell 14 percent from a year earlier due mainly to its non-telecom spinoff. Net profit fell to 314.8 billion won (US$263.4 million) in the October-December period from a profit of 365.9 billion won the previous [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Tuesday that it had entered into a partnership with five national universities to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based veterinary image diagnosis solution for pets. The solution will be designed to ensure the diagnosis of pets in a faster and more [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Monday it has partnered with U.S.-based Joby Aviation in developing flying cars in a move to expand its foothold in urban air mobility (UAM) services. SK Telecom said the two companies signed an agreement to form a regular consultative team [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. is stepping up efforts to support the growth of startups in the environment, social and governance (ESG) sector. South Korea’s largest wireless carrier announced that it extended support to a total of 14 startups last year through its ESG Korea 2021 program. The company provided a variety [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Tuesday it will speed up the development of urban air mobility (UAM) services. In 2020, South Korea unveiled its plan to commercialize UAM services by 2025 to help overcome urban traffic congestion by using unmanned drone taxis. Last year, SK Telecom signed [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, on Tuesday showcased NUGU Candle SE, the latest model in its artificial intelligence (AI) speaker series. Last month, the telecom operator joined hands with U.S. retail giant Amazon.com Inc. and launched NUGU Candle, an AI assistant service that supports both Korean [...]