SK Telecom

SEOUL, South Korea-The two largest mobile operators in Korea are considering discussions about a partnership to build a nationwide third-generation W-CDMA network, according to international press reports. KTF Chief Executive …

NEW ORLEANS, United States-John Koo and his top executive team crowd a small, air-conditioned room perched atop LG Electronics’ sprawling booth at the CTIA trade show here. Relaxed, smiling, Koo …

NEW YORK–Citing “recent corporate governance problems and alleged accounting fraud within the SK Group,” Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded to stable from positive its outlook on the speculative-grade Baa1 rating …

SEOUL, South Korea-SK Telecom, Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Thursday it has signed an agreement with China Unicom to establish a wireless Internet joint venture in China, marking what it …

NEW YORK-The Liberty Alliance Project has released for public review on its Web site at www.projectliberty.org a draft of specifications for an open, interoperable standard for federated network identity for …

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom will be barred from recruiting subscribers from 21 November until 20 December for subsidizing handset purchases, the Korean government said Friday. …

SEOUL, South Korea-SK Telecom announced its long-awaited share swap with rival Korea Telecom. The companies will exchange more than 29.8 million KT shares, a 9.64 percent stake, held by SK …

NEW YORK-SK Telecom, which is conducting a field trial of Flarion Technologies’ mobile broadband system, has made a strategic investment of undisclosed size in the U.S. company. Building on flash-OFDM, …

NEW YORK-SK Telecom, which is conducting a field trial of Flarion Technologies’ mobile broadband system, has made a strategic investment of undisclosed size in the Bedminster, N.J., company. Building upon …

SEOUL, Korea-In a surprising move, the Korea Communications Commission, South Korea’s top telecom regulator, decided Monday to place business suspension orders on three mobile carriers and KT Corp. for violating …

SEOUL, Korea-In a surprising move, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC), South Korea’s top telecom regulator, decided Monday to place business suspension orders on three mobile carriers and KT Corporation for …

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea’s mobile payments made for purchases of digital content or other inexpensive products may face a disruption as the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), the country’s top trade …

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korean mobile operator KT ICOM, the wideband-CDMA subsidiary of KTF, said it will launch commercial W-CDMA services next June. International press reports said KT-ICOM signed a contract …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin marketing a next-generation FOMA-compatible two-part terminal made up of a personal digital assistant base unit with a Bluetooth wireless handset. The base unit …

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TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest operator in Japan, announced that in cooperation with SK Telecom in Korea it launched an image data transmission service between users of the two operators. It is …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless reported a reciprocal roaming agreement with South Korean wireless operator SK Telecom allowing customers to use the same handset and phone number when on each carriers network. …

SAN DIEGO, United States—PacketVideo is targeting carriers with pv3 Mobilemedia system, a new multimedia delivery system that includes encoding, transmission and decoding products that enable delivery of high-quality audio and …

LUXEMBOURG—SK Telecom has selected Mach for the provision of its roaming and clearing services. Mach said it will support SK Telecom in the implementation and development of its inter-standard roaming …

NEW YORK—The planned 5 January completion of the merger between SK Telecom and SK Shinsegi Telecom, which together control 52 percent of South Korea’s mobile-phone customers, hit a roadblock at …

NEW YORK—The planned Jan. 5 completion of the merger between SK Telecom and SK Shinsegi Telecom, which together control 52 percent of South Korea’s mobile phone customers, hit a roadblock …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, said it terminated its talks with SK Telecom over a business alliance including an investment. The carriers have carried out the bilateral …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. says SK Telecom of Korea has selected its OMAP-based McubeWorks reference designs for 2.5G and third-generation cdma2001x networks. The company says SK Telecom plans “to conduct field …

TOKYO—Talks between Korea’s SK Telecom and Japan’s NTT DoCoMo have stalled without signs of moving forward, according to international press reports. The talks have been ongoing for more than a …

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