The Fair Trade Commission of South Korea has made strides in examining alleged collusion among top telecom companies like SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus, potentially leading to massive fines.
CelcomDigi and SK Telecom are teaming up to revolutionize AI in the Malaysian market. This strategic partnership aims to introduce cutting-edge AI solutions, starting with internal trials before expanding commercially. With plans to become a major AI player, CelcomDigi leverages its infrastructure and broad user base to drive innovation.
SK Telecom is revolutionizing its AI service, “A.”, with a focus on enhancing the natural conversational experience and comprehensive daily management. The newly revamped app, featuring multi-agent support and LLM integration, allows users to manage calendars, schedules, and routines through intuitive voice commands.
SK Telecom and Nokia have partnered to introduce groundbreaking fibre sensing technology designed to detect environmental changes affecting optical cables. This innovation aims to boost network safety, preventing damage from earthquakes and climate changes. By leveraging machine learning, the collaboration ensures proactive responses, minimizing service disruptions and improving network reliability and efficiency.
Korean carrier SK Telecom and Singaporean firm Singtel signed an MoU to develop next-gen telecom networks, focusing on AI and network virtualization. The collaboration aims to create foundational technologies for 6G systems, improve edge-AI infrastructure, and enhance 5G capabilities.
South Korean telecommunications giant SK Telecom announced a $10 million investment in the U.S.-based generative AI search engine startup, Perplexity. The partnership aims to enhance Perplexity’s AI-powered search platform, positioning it as a potential competitor to Google in the search engine market.
South Korean telecommunications giant SK Telecom has secured approval from the International Telecommunication Union’s Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) for its proposal to standardize technology for AI data centers. This development marks a significant step forward in establishing international norms for AI-related technologies in data centers.
In a significant stride towards sustainability, SK Telecom, alongside Iceotope Technologies and SK Enmove, has announced a strategic partnership aimed at revolutionizing the cooling systems of AI data centers. This collaboration, marked by the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU), focuses on the development and deployment of a liquid cooling technique designed to significantly enhance the energy efficiency of AI data centers.
SK Telecom, in collaboration with Intel, has made a groundbreaking advancement in core network technology, promising a significant reduction in communication delays and an enhancement in service efficiency, pivotal for the upcoming 6G networks. The innovation could slash communication latency by as much as 70% and boost service efficiency by approximately 33%, marking a significant leap forward in network performance.
In a groundbreaking trial, SK Telecom (SKT) and Thales have successfully tested the encryption and decryption of identity data on a 5G network, aiming to safeguard user privacy from potential quantum threats. The experimentation utilized Thales’ cutting-edge 5G Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) SIM cards within a trial 5G standalone network environment provided by SKT.
