SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Wednesday its second-quarter net income rose 84 percent on-year thanks to gains in its equity ties with its chip-making affiliate SK hynix Inc. and growth in 5G users. Net income stood at 795.7 billion won (US$689.2 million) in the April-June [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, is reviewing measures to share its 3G network with a rival carrier amid declining users on the aging service, a company report showed Thursday. The carrier said in its annual sustainability report that it is considering measures to share its 3G [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. and Korea University have announced a new partnership to build a smart, connected, integrated campus using virtual technology. SK Telecom will set up a metaverse campus at the university. Students will be able to access ifland, the company’s metaverse platform, to hold conferences, engage in student [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest wireless carrier, said Wednesday it has launched a new metaverse platform in a move to capture growing demand for the technology as more users shift their daily activities to digital spaces amid the pandemic. The metaverse refers to a shared virtual space where [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — With compressors employed widely in the manufacturing industry, SK Telecom Co. is gearing up to commercialize a smart compressor that is expected to boost efficiency. The South Korea’s largest mobile carrier on Tuesday signed a business agreement with SungShin Compressor Co. and Soltech Co. to address the problems generated [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Tuesday it has teamed up with U.S. call center technology company Genesys to launch a contact center service powered by artificial intelligence (AI). AI call centers have recently risen in popularity as they can reduce tasks handled by traditional call [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Monday it was partnering with the Chungnam National University College of Veterinary Medicine to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based veterinary image diagnosis assistance solution. The AI-based solution is aimed at helping veterinarians with the diagnosis process by automatically decoding X-ray [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Monday it has invested in a leading virtual content production company in a move to strengthen its virtual reality (VR) and metaverse services. The carrier said it signed a deal to acquire a stake in Seoul-based ViveStudios, which is behind [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Friday it will unveil four video games at the gaming conference E3 2021 that kicks off Saturday in a move to expand its presence in the console gaming market. The carrier said it will take part in the online expo [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, decided Thursday to spin off a new investment company in November to expand its foothold in new tech sectors as well as conduct a five-to-one stock split aimed at improving shareholder value. The wireless carrier’s board of directors approved the spinoff [...]