GSMA News | April 1, 2011 | News Release
The two top Chinese and South Korean operators – China Mobile and SK Telecom (SKT) – have forged closer links with a deal that will see them jointly develop technologies focusing on next-generation networks, device platforms,...
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Wall Street Journal | March 23, 2011 | Jung-Ah Lee
("UPDATE: KT To Start Selling iPad2 In S Korea From April" at 0526 GMT incorrectly stated that SK Telecom is in talks with Apple in the second paragraph. The correct version follows:)
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Korea Times | March 14, 2011 | Kim Yoo-chul
iPhone maker meddles in such details as disclosing preorders
By Kim Yoo-chul
SK Telecom is regarded as being at the top of the value chain in the wireless telephony industry.
The Korean carrier has bossed around handset makers such...
Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Co. (SKM) said it will begin offering Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4 beginning March 16. The device will include the same specifications as when it was launched last summer including access to Apple's App Store.SK Telecom said the device would...
Korea Times | March 3, 2011 | Kim Yoo-chul
KT and Samsung Electronics are finding themselves closer, ending more than a year of animosity over KT's decision to introduce Apple's 3G-based iPhone, here.
Sources say the gradual recovery in corporate partnership with the consumer electronics giant...
Korea JoongAng Daily | March 2, 2011
Korea’s antitrust watchdog said yesterday that it has slapped major digital music providers with a combined 18.8 billion won ($16.6 million) in fines for rigging prices of digital music content and online download services.
Loen Entertainment and Mnet Media...
Bangkok Post | March 1, 2011 | Komsan Tortermvasana
The Information and Communications Technology Ministry is pushing ahead with plans to sell the mobile concessions of Advanced Info Service to a group of foreign telecom giants if compensation negotiations fail.
"We are in preliminary talks with...
Korea IT Times | February 25, 2011
SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) announced today that SK China has established a KRW 19-billion joint venture called "SKMtek" in partnership with MtekVision, Korea's leading fables semiconductor company.
Based in Shenzhen, China, the new joint venture marks a milestone for SK...
Reuters | February 22, 2011 | Hyunjoo Jin and Jonathan Hopfner
* Incumbents face tariff cut pressures from new players, govt
* Seoul to decide on a new entrant this week
* SK Tel shares fall 10 pct this year; KT down 15 pct
SEOUL, Feb 23 (Reuters)...
Business Wire | February 2011 | Press Release
Korea Telecom, SK Telecom, LG U+ to use apps created in unified global development platform
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BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced it is providing systems integration ...
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...
