SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Tuesday it has partnered with Samsung Electronics Co. and Kakao Corp., the country’s top mobile messenger operator, to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) platform to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The telecom operator said the three companies formed a joint [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co.’s CEO Park Jung-ho was appointed as the vice chairman of its chipmaking affiliate SK hynix Inc., SK Group said Thursday, in a move to boost the companies’ efforts in new tech businesses. SK Group, the country’s third-largest conglomerate, announced the new [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carriers are merging their tech subsidiaries and consolidating new businesses to boost synergy as they search for new growth drivers beyond their telecommunication operations. Telecom giant KT Corp. announced it will merge its digital content distribution and television commerce subsidiary KT Hitel Co. and its mobile [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, said Friday it will merge its security subsidiaries by the end of the first quarter of next year, in its latest move to boost business synergy. SK Telecom said its subsidiary Life and Security Holdings, which wholly owns physical security firm [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Thursday its shareholders approved its move to spin off its mobility business as it seeks to strengthen its focus in the connected mobility sector. SK Telecom said nearly all participants at a shareholders meeting approved the spinoff plan and that [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading wireless carrier, said Wednesday it launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor for data center operations as it seeks to capture growing global demand for the chips. The new SAPEON X220 is the first AI chip developed by the mobile carrier and also [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading mobile carrier, said Sunday it has developed a next-generation cloud native core network system with Samsung Electronics Co. that can provide better 5G services. A core network is the central part of a telecommunications infrastructure that handles key tasks, including device certification and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent business deal between the U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon.com, Inc. and a local e-commerce platform 11Street Co. is likely to make waves in the domestic online shopping industry. SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier and the parent company of 11st, officially announced its plan to join hands [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Monday it is partnering with Amazon.com, Inc. to allow South Koreans to have easier access to products on the U.S. e-commerce giant’s platform. The carrier said users of its e-commerce unit 11Street Co. can directly purchase the U.S. company’s products [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest wireless carrier, said Tuesday it released Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox All Access service for the local market, offering gamers the U.S. tech giant’s latest game console as well as its cloud gaming service. The new subscription service bundles Microsoft’s new console — the Xbox [...]