SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) – “With smartphones, users will be able to change their home lighting in 36,000 different ways. At the same time, they won’t need to push a cart at a store. All they’ll need to do is scan barcodes, and the products will be delivered to their homes,” said an SK [...]
Seoul, Korea, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) today announced the launch of ‘T Phone 2.0,’ an upgraded version of ‘T Phone,’ an integrated dialer platform the company released in January 2014. T Phone 2.0 took phone call service to the next level by opening up its call-related APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) to [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom is set to develop Korea’s first distributed underwater monitoring & control networks in collaboration with a number of research institutes and universities. According to statement on May 24, the company has been selected as a consortium participant by the Korean government, and will take part in a project [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — As mobile phone plans rapidly shift from voice-centered to data-centered plans—with free calls and text messages—2G users are feeling left out. The new plans are designed for those who access 3G and LTE service networks with smartphones. As 2G users use mobile phones only for calling and texting, mobile carriers are [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom, South Korea’s top mobile carrier, said Tuesday it will start selling a new rate plan that offers unlimited calls and text messages and charges only based on the amount of downloaded data, joining the race with two local rivals as mobile trends shift to data-focused services. The [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — As Koreans increasingly use their cell phones for data rather than making phone calls and texting, KT launched a new service that provides LTE data at price points from 20,000 won to 50,000 won, including unlimited talking and texting. Mobile phone rates in Korea are usually proportional to voice minutes [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a May 3 announcement from the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the number of budget phone service subscribers surpassed the 5 million mark as of April 21. Reaching the 5 million mark means that mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are hitting their stride as meaningful competitors [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Planet, South Korea’s leading e-commerce platform operator, said Sunday it has launched its flagship online shopping site in Malaysia as part of its overseas expansion. 11street, the online open-market site run by SK Planet, began its service there Friday, under the Internet domain www.11street.my and via its mobile [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge have been enticing Korean customers to get rid of their old phones, the number of subscribers changing carriers was 63 percent higher than usual last weekend. According to mobile industry sources, the number of subscriber switches for the major carriers on April [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The total number of subscribers to MVNO discount phone services in Korea is expected to surpass 5 million in this month. According to industry representatives on April 12, the number of subscribers reached 4.85 million in February, giving MVNO services an 8 percent share among the total mobile service subscribers. [...]