Seoul, Korea, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) today announced that the company, together with Samsung Electronics, successfully completed development of ‘True Real Time Mobile Streaming’ technology that is essential for mobile live streaming and achieved its world’s first demonstration over commercial LTE network. The users of legacy live video streaming over [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – By making practical use of big data on weather, road slopes and floating population, the Korean government plans to offer accident forecast services to drivers to reduce traffic accidents. Korea Cadastral Survey Corporation (KCSC) announced on October 5 that it would lead a consortium to develop “Pilot Project of Disaster [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom announced that it would launch an application to safeguard customers’ personal information on their smartphones, reflecting growing concerns about privacy and according measures the wireless industry rushes to adopt these days. SKT’s “Security Box” is aimed at protecting confidential information against possible leaks as users increasingly tend [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will change the procedure for applying for a new mobile telecom service operator as there have been many instances in which fly-by-night operators formed consortiums with like-minded business enterprises and made repeated applications. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said on October 1 that a new electric and [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The era of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) will arrive that would provide an unlimited source of Internet addresses in mobile communications services. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said on September 26 that it would, in partnership with the Korea Internet & Security Agency, begin a Long-term Evolution-based IPv6 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of subscribers to SK Telecom’s wearable phone targeting children group, “T Kids Phone JoonN,” hit the 50,000 mark as of September 24, largely driven by the rising concern on the safety of children from the parent as consumer. Launched on July 11, T Kids Phone JooN can be put on [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom said on September 24 that it has launched “Food & Box,” the dedicated terminal to be used by restaurants and caterers to place online orders of food ingredients with small suppliers. Food & Box is an easy-to-use terminal for the direct purchase platform “Food & Service” provided by [...]
Seoul, Korea, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) today announced that the company has been awarded “Most Significant Development of a Commercial LTE Network – Operator” at the prestigious LTE Asia 2014 event held at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. LTE Asia, organized by Informa Telecoms and Media, is Asia’s leading 4G event. [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom, a South Korean telecommunications operator, plans to develop lessons in computer coding to nurture future computer programmers. The telecommunications company announced that it would launch a Smart Robot Coding School, a program for software education by utilizing its smart robots, Albert and Atti. The operator recognized the importance [...]
![[Quote] SK Telecom Holds “Bravo! Restart” Program Presentation Session](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imageviewer2.jpg "[Quote] SK Telecom Holds “Bravo! Restart” Program Presentation Session")
“Thanks to the passionate effort of the entrepreneurs coupled with SK Telecom’s support, the Bravo! Restart program has borne fruit in the form of sales at home and overseas. The entrepreneurship support know-how we gained from this experience will be expanded to a bigger initiative to nurture start-ups.” Ha Sung-min, president of SK Telecom at [...]