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SK Telecom forms global cooperation for 5G NFV technology evolution
SK Telecom has signed an MOU with Samsung, HPE and Intel for cooperation in the commercialization of an evolved 5G NFV platform. Read more…
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SK Telecom and Coactus help taxi drivers with hearing loss
SK Telecom with Coactus, operating Goyohan Taxi service driven by deaf drivers, have come up with tablets and app to help in communication. Read more…
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Robot developed by SK Telecom screens visitors, dispenses sanitiser
Robot equipped with cameras and LED screen greets visitors at SK Telecom checking temperature, dispensing hand sanitiser, disinfecting floor. Read more…
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SK Telecom achieves world-first standalone 5G data session
SK Telecom claims to have successfully conducted the world’s first standalone 5G data session on its multi-vendor commercial fifth-generation network. Read more…
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SK Telecom drops the term ‘telecom’ – is it an industry trend?
SK Telecom’s Chairman Chey Tae-won believes that the time has come for his firm to drop the ‘telecom’ part of the company’s name, is it an industry trend? Read more…
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What do telcos actually need to transform for 5G readiness?
When it comes to BSS and the requirements to transform for 5G, one comment from the recent Openet white paper sprang out. Read more…
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SK Telecom heralds the age of hyper-innovation with 5G
SK Telecom has introduced, in detail, what it claims to be its unrivalled competitiveness in 5G network deployment along with 5G price plans and services. Read more…
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FIRA WIRE DAY 3: China Mobile, Saudi Telecom, SK Telecom, Huawei
MWC 2019, Day Three: Small Cell Forum; APIs for open RAN; China Mobile drives 5G interoperability; Saudi tags Nokia; Huawei and two MoUs; SK Telecom wins GLOMO. Read more…
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World’s first live TV broadcast over commercial 5G – SK Telecom
SK Telecom today announced that it has achieved the world’s first live TV broadcasting using its commercial 5G network and live broadcasting solution. SK Telecom aired Korea’s largest New Year’s event – which includes a countdown Read more…
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SK Telecom launches 5G, signs first enterprise customer
South Korean cellco SK Telecom switched on its 5G network over the weekend, and announced the first enterprise customer for its 5G-AI solution for manufacturers. SK Telecom’s 5G network currently covers the main areas of Read more…
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SK Telecom gets multi-vendor 5G gear to work together
SK Telecom announced that it has successfully tested interoperability between a 5G Non Standalone (NSA) core developed by Samsung Electronics and 5G base stations from Nokia and Ericsson. The test took place at the company’s Read more…
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5G WIRE: Samsung and Ericsson make deals, KT makes plans
5G action this day: Samsung nails 5G deals at home and abroad; Ericsson and Beeline to explore 5G and IoT together; KT has big plans for 5G, to say nothing of an open lab Samsung Read more…
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SK Telecom develops AI acceleration solution for data centers
SK Telecom announced that it has developed an AI acceleration solution called AIX (AI Inference Accelerator) and applied is to the data center infrastructure of the company’s “Nugu” AI service. The AIX acceleration solution improves Read more…
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SK Telecom and Nokia demo end-to-end 5G SA (it works)
SK Telecom announced that it has demonstrated end-to-end 5G SA (stand-alone) data transmission and ultra-low latency data processing with Nokia. At the trial site at the Nokia Lab in Wroclaw, Poland, the two companies conducted the Read more…
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SK Telecom and DJI partner for real-time video streaming drones
SK Telecom announced that the company signed an MoU with drone company DJI to co-develop drone-based real-time video streaming product and solutions using cellular networks, and cooperate on their global sales and marketing plans. Under Read more…
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SK Telecom, AT&T launch Airship to create OpenStack clouds
SK Telecom, AT&T and OpenStack Foundation are collaborating to launch a new open infrastructure project called Airship. SK Telecom says it has been working with AT&T to find a way to easily deploy and manage Read more…
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SK govt releases 5G network sharing plan, cellcos argue over pricing
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT has announced infrastructure-sharing measures to enable the country’s three cellcos to launch commercial 5G services early next year, but operators are already arguing over pricing details. One of Read more…
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FIRA WIRE, DAY 0: GSMA warnings, holographic assistants and more
MWC18 news from Day 0: GSMA warns of megacity broadband doom; Nokia takes Facebook’s Terragraph global; Ericsson and China Mobile do Industry 4.0; HKT and Huawei make a DPTC; and SK Telecom’s Nugu assistant now Read more…
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DoCoMo, SK Telecom unveil dueling 5G booths for MWC 2018
The MWC 2018 previews continue with NTT DoCoMo and SK Telecom revealing their respective 5G technology showcases – both of which will be located in Hall 3. NTT DoCoMo said it will demonstrate use cases Read more…
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SK Telecom and Alibaba want to hammer out a new ICT blueprint
SK Telecom announced that its CEO Park Jung-ho met with Alibaba Group founder and executive chairman Jack Ma to discuss cooperation on a blueprint for the “New ICT industry”, which includes AI, 5G and next-generation Read more…