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SKT and Facebook Korea are Best Workplaces for Employees

SKT and Facebook Korea are Best Workplaces for Employees

SEOUL, Nov.26 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom and Facebook Korea have been selected by their employees as the best workplaces in Korea. On November 25, Job Planet and Fortune Korea held a ceremony to present awards to the companies selected as the best places to work. The companies were selected through anonymous interviews of current [...]

Mobile Carriers to Start Preorders for iPhone 6s

Mobile Carriers to Start Preorders for iPhone 6s

SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korea’s three mobile carriers plan to start preorders for the latest iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus this week, industry sources said Sunday, a move that may cause a dent in sales of high-end models from local brands Samsung and LG. SK Telecom Co., KT Corp., and LG Uplus will begin preorders Monday, ahead of the official release slated for Friday at both online and offline [...]

SK Telecom, IDB to Provide Educational Robots to Costa Rica

SK Telecom, IDB to Provide Educational Robots to Costa Rica

SEJONG, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. will work with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to provide educational robots to Costa Rica, the government said Thursday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said under the US$2.4 million deal reached in Washington, SK Telecom will provide 1,500 robots [...]

SK Telecom – China Unicom Sign MOU for Cooperation in Telecommunications and New Growth Businesses

SK Telecom – China Unicom Sign MOU for Cooperation in Telecommunications and New Growth Businesses

Seoul, Korea, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) announced today that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China Unicom to cooperate in strengthening their competitiveness in the telecommunications industry and promoting new growth businesses. The MOU signing ceremony took place at the Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel located in Cape Town, South [...]

Consumers, Firms Mixed over Budget Handset Boom

Consumers, Firms Mixed over Budget Handset Boom

SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite a never-ending influx of high-end handsets armed with such features as DSLR-like cameras and wireless charging, Yi Nari says she is satisfied with her Galaxy A5, a low-cost smartphone made by Samsung Electronics Co. “The device has a fine selfie camera, so I chose the model over other [...]

Wireless Carriers Look to Health Care as Their “New Cash Cow”

Wireless Carriers Look to Health Care as Their “New Cash Cow”

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – With the advance of information communication technology(ICT), boundaries between businesses are falling apart rapidly, and collaboration among different businesses is becoming a new norm. Telecommunication industry is no exception and they are stepping into the medical service field betting this will sustain their growth. According to industry watchers, SK Telecom and [...]

SK Telecom, Samsung to Jointly Develop Power-efficient Network Technology for IoT Products

SK Telecom, Samsung to Jointly Develop Power-efficient Network Technology for IoT Products

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom said Wednesday it has agreed to cooperate with Samsung Electro-Mechanics on a power-efficient network technology utilized for Internet of Things (IoT) products. Under the deal, SK Telecom and Samsung will develop the Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) technology, which allows long-range communication with less energy [...]

LG Expected to Roll-out Low-priced Smartphone with Metal Cover Soon

LG Expected to Roll-out Low-priced Smartphone with Metal Cover Soon

SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – As budget smartphones with metal enclosures like SK Telecom’s LUNA and Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy A series gain popularity, LG Electronics is expected to join the market of low-cost smartphones with a metal body. The company posted a photo on its Facebook page hinting that it would introduce a new [...]