SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s 2G mobile network will be gradually shut down 25 years after bringing in the mobile era in the country as the top mobile operator got the nod for the termination of the service on Friday. SK Telecom Co. was allowed by the ICT ministry to discontinue its [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading mobile carrier, plans to expand its network of ‘base offices’ in metropolitan areas aimed at enabling all of its employees to commute within 10 or 20 minutes. According to SK Telecom, CEO Park Jung-ho held a virtual town hall meeting on Wednesday under [...]
SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Friday it will enter the medical imaging market after investing in Nanox Imaging Ltd., an Israel-based digital X-ray system developer. SK Telecom said it became the second-largest shareholder of Nanox after investing a total of US$23 million. “We passionately seek [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — All job applicants for this year’s SK Telecom Co. spring recruiting session will conduct their interview sessions at home using tablet devices. South Korea’s leading mobile carrier announced Wednesday that it will introduce an ‘interactive untact’, or in-tact, interview session for all applicants hoping to land a job during [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — During an online live concert, Choi Si-won, a member of South Korean boy band Super Junior, surprised his fans by being converted into a 12-meter-tall giant image. He showed up on the stage like the Genie from the animated film “Aladdin.” According to SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., in tandem with industrial automation components manufacturer Omron Electronics Korea Co., announced Tuesday the development of a robot designed to carry out quarantine tasks to fight the coronavirus. The robot features ICT and automation technology including 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous driving, and Internet of Things [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading mobile carrier, has announced that it will be introducing a precise location information service at 40 golf courses nationwide with VC. VC, a manufacturer of ‘Voice Caddie,’ the KLPGA’s official distance finder device brand, is the No. 1 ICT golf device company in [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, on Thursday introduced a 5G smartphone highlighting quantum-safe cryptography solution in cooperation with Samsung Electronics Co. The Galaxy A Quantum will be the world’s first 5G smartphone with quantum random number generator (QRNG) chipset that ensures better mobile communication security, according [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. said Monday its car infotainment system will be installed in Volvo vehicles sold in South Korea. Under the partnership with Volvo Car Korea Co., the South Korean telecommunications firm will supply its in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system and will cooperate to develop IVI-related technologies. SK Telecom said [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, said Thursday its net income dropped 17.9 percent from a year earlier due to reduced equity gains and investments related to its 5G service. In a regulatory filing, SK Telecom reported a net income of 306.8 billion won (US$250 million) in [...]