Korea’s KT signs $95 million AI partnership with Vietnam’s Viettel Group

Korea’s KT signs $95 million AI partnership with Vietnam’s Viettel Group

South Korea’s leading telecommunications service provider KT Corp. said on Tuesday it has signed a 130 billion won ($95 million) strategic par...

Kakao shares sink on SK Telecom’s stake sell-off news

Kakao shares sink on SK Telecom’s stake sell-off news

Kakao Corp. shares underperformed its peers and the broad market on Friday after SK Telecom Co. sold off its entire stake in the South Korean platfo...

SK Telecom to secure stake in IonQ, forges quantum partnership

SK Telecom to secure stake in IonQ, forges quantum partnership

South Korea’s largest telecom company SK Telecom Co. will acquire about a 3% stake in IonQ Inc., the world’s first publicly traded quant...

One-third of Korean petrochem bonds incur valuation losses

One-third of Korean petrochem bonds incur valuation losses

South Korean institutional investors, including banks, insurers and securities companies, have yet to fully benefit from recent declines in bond yie...

SK Telecom invests $3 mn in AI-powered video analysis startup Twelve Labs

SK Telecom invests $3 mn in AI-powered video analysis startup Twelve Labs

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said on Friday it will invest $3 million in Twelve Labs Inc., a Korean AI-powered video analys...

Rebellions · Sapeon Korea merger, the first domestic AI chip unicorn

Rebellions · Sapeon Korea merger, the first domestic AI chip unicorn

Rebellions Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence chip design startup, officially merged with Sapeon Korea to form the first domestic AI chi...

Triple-A rated SK Telecom, KT tap 10-year bond market

Triple-A rated SK Telecom, KT tap 10-year bond market

South Korean companies with top-notch credit ratings such as SK Telecom Co. and KT Corp. are returning to the long-term bond market amid growing int...

LG’s telecom unit to spend $2.1 bn on transition into AX company

LG’s telecom unit to spend $2.1 bn on transition into AX company

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, plans to invest up to 3 trillion won ($2.1 billion) in artificial intelligence and foster ...

SK Telecom unveils AI personal agent Aster for global users

SK Telecom unveils AI personal agent Aster for global users

SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday unveiled an AI-driven personal assistant Aster (A*) that understands users' intentions and goes beyond answering simple qu...

SK Telecom upgrades 5G base stations with Samsung

SK Telecom upgrades 5G base stations with Samsung

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. said on Monday that it partnered with Samsung Electronics Co. to apply artificial intelligence (AI)-based quality opt...

LG Uplus publishes white paper on 6G services

LG Uplus publishes white paper on 6G services

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. said on Wednesday the release of its "6G White Paper: Non-Terrestrial Networks," which explores the future direction of...

SK Telecom launches PC version of A Dot

SK Telecom launches PC version of A Dot

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. unveiled the multi-large language model (LLM) agent, the PC version of its AI personal assistant service "A. (A Dot)" o...

S.Korea tops 5G mobile gaming environment in E.Asia

S.Korea tops 5G mobile gaming environment in E.Asia

South Korea led the game score in East Asia with 90.06 out of 100 during the first half of this year, followed by China with 85.64 and Japan with a ...

SK Telecom to host SK AI Summit in Seoul

SK Telecom to host SK AI Summit in Seoul

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. said on Monday that it will host the SK AI Summit 2024 on November 4-5 at COEX in Seoul, expanding the annual event int...

LG Uplus, GSMA sign Open Gateway agreement

LG Uplus, GSMA sign Open Gateway agreement

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. said on Monday that it signed an agreement with the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) to parti...

SK Broadband unveils upgraded AI-powered IPTV service

SK Broadband unveils upgraded AI-powered IPTV service

SK Broadband Co., South Korea’s No. 2 internet service provider, has upgraded the voice command function of its internet protocol television (...

SK Telecom, KT win at Leading Lights Awards

SK Telecom, KT win at Leading Lights Awards

SK Telecom Co. and KT Corp. received the Leading Lights Awards 2024. SK Telecom and KT were named winners of Outstanding Use Case: AI/Machine L...

SPC, SK Telecom to collaborate on AI business

SPC, SK Telecom to collaborate on AI business

South Korea's SPC Group and SK Telecom Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate in various areas such as membership and busines...

LG’s telecom unit looks to lure foreigners with more K-pop-themed shops

LG’s telecom unit looks to lure foreigners with more K-pop-themed shops

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, is set to lure foreign customers by opening K-pop-themed stores in the country's major sho...

SK Telecom partners with Perplexity to level up conversational search

 SK Telecom partners with Perplexity to level up conversational search

South Korea's largest telecom company SK Telecom Co. will enhance its conversational search services through a partnership with US AI search startup...

Hana Financial, SK Telecom buy shares in BitGo

Hana Financial, SK Telecom buy shares in BitGo

Hana Financial Group and SK Telecom Co. acquired shares in BitGo Korea, the Korean unit of a global digital asset trust company, and decided to esta...

SK Telecom provides SaaS-based passkey solution for biz

SK Telecom provides SaaS-based passkey solution for biz

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. said on Monday it offers a passkey system, enabling password-free login and user authentication, via a software-as-a-se...

Korean Telco giant KT’s Midas touch with hotel business  

Korean Telco giant KT’s Midas touch with hotel business  

KT Corp., one of South Korea’s top three mobile carriers, is on a roll in the hotel business despite its late foray into the hospitality indus...

SK Telecom releases Liberation Day remastering video

SK Telecom releases Liberation Day remastering video

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. restored footage and audio from around the time of the country's liberation in 1945, allowing modern audiences to share...

SK Telecom, Nokia to cooperate on AI-based network tech

SK Telecom, Nokia to cooperate on AI-based network tech

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Nokia to commercialize the wired network AI...

SK Telecom logs higher quarterly profit on AI, lower costs

SK Telecom logs higher quarterly profit on AI, lower costs

SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, reported a higher quarterly profit as its cost-cutting and strong artificial intelligence (A...

SK Telecom's X Caliber to enter SE Asian pet market

SK Telecom's X Caliber to enter SE Asian pet market

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract to supply X Caliber, an AI-based pet diagnosis assistance solution, to t...

SK Telecom identifies illegal drones using AI

SK Telecom identifies illegal drones using AI

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Thursday that it developed a communication and AI-integrated module to catch illegal drones using artifici...

Hana Bank, SK Telecom to support AI startups

Hana Bank, SK Telecom to support AI startups

South Korea's Hana Bank and SK Telecom Co. held the final selection and inauguration ceremony for the second AI Startup Accelerator BootCamp at Spar...

SK Telecom launches In-flight wi-fi service

SK Telecom launches In-flight wi-fi service

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Wednesday that it launched the T In-flight wi-fi service.This service will initially be available on six a...

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