SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. on Thursday delivered Samsung Electronics Co.’s new Galaxy Note 20 phones via a drive-through station, taking a cue from the country’s drive-through coronavirus test centers, to reduce risks of infections. Around 20 customers who pre-ordered the device arrived in taxis for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. announced Monday that it will offer regular courses for colleges starring company staff with expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) technology teaching AI theories and business cases. Sixteen universities in South Korea, including Seoul National University and Korea University, currently incorporate AI as part of their school [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. plans to hold an event to celebrate Samsung Electronics Co.’s new phablet Galaxy Note 20 debut via a ‘drive-thru’ service. On Thursday morning, a day before the Galaxy Note 20’s official pre-order opening, a preliminary event will be held at Bitplex [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, said Thursday its second-quarter net income jumped 66.8 percent from a year earlier due to increased equity gains and improved mobile business. Net income reached 432.2 billion won (US$365.1 million) in the April-June period, compared with 259.1 billion won the previous [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Co. said Wednesday it will launch Microsoft’s Xbox cloud game service here next month. South Korea will be the only Asian country for the xCloud service’s global launch across 22 countries on Sept. 15, according to SK Telecom. The game streaming service allows [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday it has partnered with the country’s top delivery operator Woowa Brothers Corp. to develop a robot delivery service using 5G technology. The two companies signed an agreement to introduce SK Telecom’s 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) technology into Woowa [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading mobile carrier, announced Tuesday that it will work with its affiliate SK Planet Co. and Hwashin Co. on an artificial intelligence (AI)-based Smart Factory Project. Hwashin is the country’s major chassis producer and primary supplier for Hyundai Motor Co. SK Telecom plans to [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Co. said Wednesday it updated its services for hearing-impaired taxi drivers with new safety technology. The telecom operator partnered with local social venture Coactus Ltd. in 2018 to launch a taxi-hailing app for hearing-impaired drivers. SK Telecom said Coactus will directly employ the [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Visitors to Changdeok Palace of the Joseon Dynasty in central Seoul will be able to experience as it was in the past via augmented reality (AR), South Korea’s leading mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Monday. The carrier said it will digitally recreate the Joseon Dynasty’s royal Changdeokgung Palace [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading telecom operator SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday it has partnered with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to export its 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) technology. The carrier signed an agreement to form a consortium with the Asia Pacific and South Korea units of HPE to provide the [...]