SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, on Thursday said it plans to jointly develop network servers and other devices with European firms for a low-power Internet of Things (IoT) technology. The planned cooperation with European firms, which included France’s EGM and CEA that support the LoRa technology [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Big Three Korean telecommunications companies (SKT, KT and LG Uplus) have consolidated their in-house mobile app stores into a single entity called ONE store. The service took off Wednesday with mixed expectations about its ability to offer a compelling challenge to Google. Prior users of the T Store [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government will establish what it is calling a ‘smart quarantine system’ in order to prevent the influx of foreign diseases. The government will coordinate with KT, a major phone service provider, and use international roaming information as part of its efforts. The Ministry of Science, ICT and [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean telecommunication companies, such as SK Telecom (SKT) and KT, are rushing to establish IoT (Internet of Things) communications networks. The competition is expected to heighten with relaxed government regulations regarding these new types of networks. Although IoT features multiple-connected objects, the volume of data transferred between objects is relatively [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s big three mobile carriers on Monday divided up four new bandwidths via a government auction that ended earlier than expected. It will allow SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. to upgrade their services amid surging data traffic in the tech-savvy nation where most of [...]
CHANGWON, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The streetlights in Changwon will get ‘smarter’ through the use of light control technology. The local government of Changwon announced that it has started energy saving programs in collaboration with companies such as SK Telecom. Changwon is seeking to automatically control 26,000 streetlights in the city so that it can [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. will provide foreign visitors here with an opportunity to experience its services free of charge, company officials said Wednesday. In the “Enjoy Mobile Korea” program, 250 foreigners arriving in South Korea will be able to use unlimited voice calling services and up [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom announced plans to expand its ‘Smart Home’ offerings by providing consumers with more opportunities to experience the company’s home Internet of Things (IoT) services. The company announced that it will start selling five different Smart Home connection gadgets including plugs, switches, sensors, gas circuit breakers and bridges (devices [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) - Shareholders of CJ Hellovision Co., South Korea’s top operator of cable channels and Internet TV content, approved a proposed merger with the country’s No. 1 mobile carrier on Friday amid controversy about its legality. Around 97 percent of the shareholders attended the shareholder meeting voted for the merger proposal, which [...]
Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) is showcasing its latest 5G system including radio, core and device at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016. - SK Telecom showcases 5G System Together with NOKIA, SK Telecom demonstrated live 20.5 Gbps transmission speed over the air being held in Barcelona, Spain. Standing at a point [...]