SK Telecom Co. Ltd., South Korea's largest cellular operator, has completed test trials of third-generation services, which it expects to offer to the public at the 2002 World Cup in Seoul.Believing IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunications) is crucial to its success, the Code Division Multiple...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced three South Korean wireless communications equipment manufacturers are including Lucent's digital signal processor-based compression and decompression (codec) technology in their Code Division Multiple Access wireless handsets and base stations.Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. and...
SEOUL-In a city where a mobile phone is as common as kimchi and coffee shops must provide a landline phone at every table in order to draw in customers, Seoul, one of the largest cities in the world, seems to be a wireless carrier's...
SEOUL-It was only fitting that the future of Code Division Multiple Access technology was discussed in South Korea at the 2nd CDMA International Conference.Since SK Telecom launched the country's first CDMA system in January 1996, South Korea now has five CDMA operators and about...
NEW YORK-South Korea's telecommunications marketplace is in the throes of a gradual but deliberate deregulation that is presenting opportunities and challenges for SK Telecom Co. Ltd., the largest wireless carrier."Korea will be almost wide open with free competition, but Korea is different from the...
NEW YORK-SK Telecom Co. Ltd., South Korea's primary cellular and paging carrier, sold $230 million in Yankee notes April 24, partly to finance its Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular rollout.Seoul-based SK Telecom, whose stock is listed on the London and Korea stock exchanges,...
SEOUL, South Korea-Korea Mobile Telecom has changed its name to SK Telecom, to reflect the company's growing international presence.The name SK Telecom also honors the company's affiliation with Sunkyong Ltd., one of the country's five largest conglomerates.SK Telecom is the largest paging provider in...
