SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — With compressors employed widely in the manufacturing industry, SK Telecom Co. is gearing up to commercialize a smart compressor that is expected to boost efficiency. The South Korea’s largest mobile carrier on Tuesday signed a business agreement with SungShin Compressor Co. and Soltech Co. to address the problems generated [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Tuesday it has teamed up with U.S. call center technology company Genesys to launch a contact center service powered by artificial intelligence (AI). AI call centers have recently risen in popularity as they can reduce tasks handled by traditional call [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Monday it was partnering with the Chungnam National University College of Veterinary Medicine to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based veterinary image diagnosis assistance solution. The AI-based solution is aimed at helping veterinarians with the diagnosis process by automatically decoding X-ray [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Monday it has invested in a leading virtual content production company in a move to strengthen its virtual reality (VR) and metaverse services. The carrier said it signed a deal to acquire a stake in Seoul-based ViveStudios, which is behind [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Friday it will unveil four video games at the gaming conference E3 2021 that kicks off Saturday in a move to expand its presence in the console gaming market. The carrier said it will take part in the online expo [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, decided Thursday to spin off a new investment company in November to expand its foothold in new tech sectors as well as conduct a five-to-one stock split aimed at improving shareholder value. The wireless carrier’s board of directors approved the spinoff [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom Co., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Tuesday it will wrap up the testing of a next-generation traffic system in Seoul by the end of this month as it seeks to accelerate efforts to develop self-driving technology based on its high-speed 5G network. The telecom operator [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., a major South Korean wireless carrier, said Tuesday it will launch a virtual reality (VR) game for Facebook Inc.’s Oculus Quest devices in a move to bolster its presence in the VR sector. “Crazy World VR,” playable on Oculus’ Quest 1 and 2 devices, features a [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. is set to launch decentralized identifier (DID) service that uses blockchain technology to uniquely identify buildings as well as to diagnose the safety of dangerous structures. DID is a term used to describe an online-based electronic identification system that uses blockchain technology to manage the certificate [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., a major mobile carrier, denied a news report Monday that it is planning to sell a stake in its e-commerce unit 11Street to U.S. retail giant Amazon.com Inc. in a bid to bolster its online retail business. Local media had earlier reported that Amazon will exercise [...]