SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Wednesday that it has joined a mapping consortium with three regional partners to make a global high-definition map for autonomous vehicles. The OneMap Alliance — which also includes HERE Technologies, NavInfo of China and Increment P (IPC)/Pioneer of Japan — [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom announced yesterday that usage of the new “My Q&A” function of “NUGU,” its AI platform, had increased 20 percent within a month of its release. The function, which was initiated in March, allows users to register their own questions and answers. The AI service gives out the [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday acquired stakes in ADT Caps Co., a security service provider, in a joint investment with Australia-based Macquarie Group. Under the deal estimated at 1.27 trillion won (US$1.17 billion), SK Telecom will hold a 55 percent stake in ADT Caps, [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The arrival of baseball season has South Korean mobile carriers SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus gearing up their marketing efforts employing cutting edge technology such as IoT, fifth-generation wireless networks (5G) and augmented reality to win the hearts of fans. With cumulative attendance figures of over 8 million [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The strategy of targeting select age groups with customized smartphones is reaping rewards for wireless service providers. SK Telecom, the domestic market share leader in this category, revealed that it had sold more than 10,000 units of its “Cookiz Mini” smartphones specifically designed for lower-level elementary school students in [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Wednesday the monthly users of its artificial-intelligence speaker NUGU hovered above 3 million as of February, with the number of conversations taking place rising at a rapid pace. The company said the number of active users for its AI speakers [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people who subscribed for new mobile phone discount fees surpassed the 10 million-mark in six months, the ICT ministry said Wednesday. In September 2017, the discount rate of monthly mobile phone plans provided by the three telecom firms — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG [...]
Barcelona, Spain, Mar. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) announced today that the company will partner with Global System Mobile Association (GSMA) and Spain’s No.1 mobile carrier Telefónica to introduce South Korea’s coding education to Barcelona, Spain. The company said that its Smart Robot Coding School will be added to the school curriculum [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom, South Korea’s leading telecom operator, has teamed up with Namyang Dairy Products and IoT firm uLikeKorea to launch a dairy cattle management system using biocapsules that has been dubbed “Live Care”. The first medical tracking device inserted orally to be officially approved in the country, the biocapsules [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Monday its fourth-quarter net profit rose 39.1 percent from a year earlier due mainly to increased competitiveness in Internet businesses. Net income reached 660.6 billion won (US$606 million) in the October-December period, compared with a profit of 474.7 billion won [...]