SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent hacking incident at SK Telecom has triggered a spike in demand for SIM card replacements and mobile number transfers, with some South Korean banks poised to benefit from the unexpected fallout by expanding their budget mobile phone services. According to banking industry officials on Tuesday, KB Kookmin [...]
With millions rushing to replace compromised USIM cards, South Korea’s telecom giant faces a pivotal test: repairing its defenses — and its reputation. SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) – In the span of just 24 hours, nearly 280,000 SK Telecom customers walked into shops across South Korea to swap out the tiny chips that power their [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The military is in talks with SK Telecom Co. on cooperation for providing new universal subscriber identity module (USIM) chips for troops following a major networking hacking incident at the country’s biggest mobile carrier, the defense ministry said Tuesday. A cyberattack caused a massive leak of SK Telecom customers’ [...]
SEOUL, April 29, (Korea Bizwire) — The fallout from a major hacking incident at SK Telecom is set to trigger a significant environmental cost, with greenhouse gas emissions from mass SIM card replacements projected to reach thousands of tons, according to industry estimates released Monday. Approximately 23 million SK Telecom subscribers and an additional 1.87 [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest mobile carrier by subscriber count, is experiencing a surge in customer defections in the wake of a major hacking incident, industry data showed Monday. According to telecommunications industry sources, 1,665 SK Telecom subscribers switched to rival carriers on April 26. Of these, 1,280 users ported [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom announced Tuesday the launch of a first-of-its-kind AI-powered anomaly detection service designed to combat voice phishing by integrating telecommunications and financial data. The new service has already been applied to both IBK Industrial Bank of Korea and SKT’s own AI assistant platform, A. (A dot). The system, powered [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom on Thursday unveiled its new ESG vision, “Do the Good AI,” signaling a sweeping integration of artificial intelligence across its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy. The initiative reflects the company’s ambition to drive both technological competitiveness and social responsibility through AI innovation. The initiative is structured around [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. said Wednesday that it has partnered with France-based automation and energy management company Schneider Electric as part of its strategies to secure technologies for artificial intelligence (AI) data centers through global collaborations. On the sidelines of the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 in Barcelona, Spain, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s biggest telecommunications company, said Thursday it has partnered with U.S.-based quantum computing firm IonQ to collaborate on artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. Under a memorandum of understanding (MOU), SK Telecom plans to integrate IonQ’s quantum computing technology with its own AI capabilities, including [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) - SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Tuesday it will collaborate with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as part of its broader strategies to enhance its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. SK Telecom will join the MIT GenAI Impact Consortium, an industry-academia initiative aimed at exploring the [...]