Korea JoongAng Daily | February 10, 2011 | Kim Hyung-eun
SK Telecom announced yesterday that it joined forces with two Japanese wireless operators to conduct a field test today on mobile payment based on near field communication (NFC) technology.
If successful, people in Korea and Japan...
Qualcomm says it plans to show off its latest advancement in peer-to-peer wireless technology at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, with a technology called FlashLinq.FlashLinq, says Qualcomm, enables devices to discover each other automatically and continuously, which means they can communicate with...
VendTek Systems Inc., a developer and licensor of software for the global prepaid and financial services markets, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Now Prepay Servicos de Informatica Ltda., has signed a national distribution agreement with Embratel Participa
SK Telecom | January 26, 2011 | Press Release
SK Telecom today revealed the first step to commercialize LTE by announcing the selection of Samsung Electronics, LG-Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks as key equipment suppliers for its 4G LTE network. The company will begin providing...
South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Corp. Ltd. (SKM) said it has selected Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG-Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks to as equipment suppliers for its LTE network. The carrier said it plans to begin providing commercial LTE services in Seoul, South...
Wall Street Journal | January 25, 2011 | Jung-Ah Lee
SEOUL (Dow Jones)--Brisk sales of smart phones and proceeds from a stake sale helped SK Telecom Co. (017670.SE) Tuesday post a 48% jump in its fourth-quarter net profit, but South Korea's largest mobile carrier still...
Korea IT Times | January 17, 2011
Opens a data center for cloud computing service at SK Broadband’s Internet Data Center to support 1,500 virtual servers
SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) announced today that it opened Cloud Data Center, a cloud computing data center, to offer innovative cloud-based...
TeleGeography | January 14, 2011
Malaysian WiMAX provider Packet One (P1) has revealed that in a bid to enhance capacity and increase its coverage to 52% in West Malaysia it will invest a further MYR200 million (USD65.4 million) in its operations this year, Bernama reports....
SK Telecom | January 14, 2011 | Press Release
SEOUL, Jan 14, 2011 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) --
South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Thursday that it has offloaded its entire 29.3 percent stake in Mongolia's second-largest mobile carrier to Mongolian...
Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Co. (SKM) unveiled a new strategic direction for the new year that the company said will help spur growth both domestically and in international markets, and includes the roll out of LTE services in its home market later this...
Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Co. (SKM) unveiled a new strategic direction for the new year that the company said will help spur growth both domestically and in international markets, and includes the roll out of LTE services in its home market later this...
SK Telecom | January 7, 2011 | Press Release
The launch of MelOn Indonesia marks the beginning of SK Telecom’s export of content distribution platform as part of its global expansion plans under the Industry Productivity Enhancement (IPE) strategy
MelOn offers unlimited downloads and streaming of...
SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) and PT MelOn Indonesia, the company’s joint venture with PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia, announced today the launch of an online music service called MelOn Indonesia (www.melon.co.id). This marks a major roll-out of SK Telecom’s global expansion plans under...
SKT offers no help in English; KT relies on web-based assistance
By Cathy Rose A. Garcia
With everyone going crazy for smartphones, it is only natural to want to have the latest iPhone, Galaxy S or Blackberry models.
Foreign residents in Korea have often complained of the...
Nine months ago, Korea’s KT telecom made the iPhone available to Apple hungry customers and has dominated the Korean Apple pie since, being the only telco exclusively offering the product, giving the firm a huge business advantage and marketing edge, much like AT&T’s in the US. But is KT’s monopoly on Apple crumbling?
Korea’s KT has this week formed a partnership with Facebook, making it the first Korean Telco to enter into an agreement with the incredibly popular social networking site.
The World IT Show, South Korea’s biggest information and technology show has been taking place this week at the COEX Convention Center in the capital, Seoul, with the agenda largely focusing on 3D screens and smartphones.
Mobile virtual network operators will likely join the ranks with most Americans facing a tough holiday season with mixed forecasts as to whether MVNOs will come out strong or gasping for breath.Tole Hart, analyst for Gartner, thinks the next few months will be tough...
Following its $25 million investment in Virgin Mobile USA Inc., SK Telecom landed two spots on the company's board. The mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) has appointed Richard Chin, president of SK Telecom Americas, and Sungwon Suh, executive VP and head of global strategy...
Countering media speculation and a sagging stock price, South Korea's SK Telecom said it was not interested in purchasing ailing U.S. carriers Sprint Nextel Corp. anytime soon. According to media reports, the Korean telecom giant said it has no plans to buy a controlling...
According to media reports, Korean telecom giant SK Telecom may again be looking at purchasing beleagured carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. According to reports, SK Telecom and Providence Equity last year offered to invest $5 billion into Sprint Nextel at $18.60 per share on the...
