SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Tuesday that it will host a ‘K-pop Festival Week’ on its virtual meeting platform ifland, where it will be live broadcasting a series of K-pop performances. The festival, which runs until Friday, is comprised of performances by popular K-pop artists from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Wednesday its third-quarter net income rose 88 percent on-year thanks to growth in 5G users and equity gains. Net income stood at 736.5 billion won (US$623.3 million) in the July-September period on a consolidated basis, compared with 391.8 billion won [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. on Monday named the former head of its mobile network operations division Ryu Young-sang as its new CEO following the launch of its non-telecom spinoff SK Square. Ryu has been working for SK Telecom since 2000 and is known for his expertise in mergers and acquisitions, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday its shareholders approved the company’s plan to launch a non-telecom spinoff in the latest move to make aggressive investments in new tech and semiconductor businesses. The corporate restructuring — the first since the company’s foundation in 1984 — is designed to split South Korea’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Wednesday that it has introduced one-on-one interview sessions on a metaverse platform to hire new recruits. The metaverse refers to a 3-D virtual shared world, in which all activities can take place with the help of augmented- and virtual-reality services. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Volvo Cars Korea introduced an infotainment system that features best-optimized navigation and sound recognition function for the South Korean market. Volvo Car Korea held an online media event titled New Volvo Experience on Tuesday. During this event, the company unveiled an integrated infotainment service in the new XC60, the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Thursday that it had launched a pilot study for real-time surveillance of seawater pollution by connecting a marine pollution detection sensor with an underwater base station-centered telecommunication network. The study, conducted in tandem with Hoseo University and the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. on Wednesday introduced a new subscription platform that covers various areas of services as South Korea’s leading mobile carrier eyes to expand its presence in the subscription market. With the launch of its subscription brand T Universe, SK Telecom said it aims to have 36 million [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest wireless carrier, said Thursday it will launch its virtual meeting platform ifland in around 80 overseas markets by the end of this year in a move to join the global metaverse rush. The carrier launched the platform last month that allows users to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest wireless carrier, said Tuesday its non-telecom spinoff will be launched in November as SK Square with the aim of aggressive investments in new tech and semiconductor businesses. The mobile carrier is currently preparing to split into two after deciding to spin off its [...]