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 [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading mobile carrier, announced Friday that it will introduce a new 5GX Baseball Streaming Service using the over-the-top (OTT) service platform Wavve. The new 5GX service offers multiple points of view and allows users to watch a game from a maximum of 12 different [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Thursday its esports joint venture (JV) with a U.S. entertainment giant has secured a sponsorship from global automotive giant BMW Group. T1 Entertainment & Sports (T1), a joint venture between SK Telecom and Comcast Spectacor LLC, will be sponsored by [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. South Korea’s top mobile phone operator, announced on Sunday that it will hold a shareholder’s meeting online on March 26 due to the coronavirus spreading worldwide. The decision comes as the company seeks to bolster its shareholder-friendly management by helping shareholders to participate in the meeting [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading mobile carrier, said Sunday it will establish a joint venture with major telecommunication firms from Singapore and Thailand to better develop gaming and esports services for the Southeast Asian market. SK Telecom said it has joined hands with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (Singtel) and [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Sunday it has formed an international alliance with nine telecommunication firms to develop 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) technologies and services. SK Telecom said Telecom Edge Cloud TF was established with nine other companies at a GSMA meeting in London [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Thursday it has joined hands with Deutsche Telekom AG on 5G radio frequency (RF) repeater solutions. SK Telecom said it will collaborate with Deutsche Telekom to install Korean technology-based 5G RF repeaters in major German cities in the second quarter [...]