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	SK Telecom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		SK Telecom (Korean: SK텔레콤) KSE: 017670 NYSE: SKM is a South Korean telecommunications and mobile phone operator controlled by the SK Group, one of the country's largest chaebol.
		SK Telecom is the leading provider of mobile service in Korea, with around 50% of the market share as of 2005.
		This was partly because SK Telecom had achieved such market dominance that the 011 number became a brand in itself and was considered a case of implicit advertising/product placement, which is banned in Korea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SK_Telecom (458 words)

	AsiaMedia :: KOREA: SK Telecom seeks new growth through globalization
		SK Telecom's first-quarter net income this year dropped 18.6 percent year-on-year to 368.4 billion won, the fourth consecutive quarter that the company saw profit dip.
		SK Telecom first advanced on Vietnam in 2000 through SLD Telecom, a joint venture it established in Singapore with LG Electronics Inc. and Dong-A Elecom Co., and has been providing code-division multiple access wireless services in major cities such as Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi since July 2003.
		SK Telecom plans to invest $70 million this year to increase the number of base stations and expects to have nationwide coverage by next year.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=26209 (1197 words)

	Microsoft Asia Case Studies: SK Telecom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		SK Telecom’s stated mission is to create a new world of communications in which people can send and receive information faster and better, any time, anywhere and in any way they choose.
		SK Telecom realized that although staff had a widely different mix of portable computing devices, Windows Mobile — based Pocket PCs could be a standard operating device that could provide a uniform user experience across the company, when accessing corporate resources and emails.
		SK Telecom is Korea’s largest mobile communications service provider, with 17 million subscribers and revenues of US$6.3 billion in fiscal year 2002.
	www.microsoft.com /asia/case/casedetail.asp?casestudyid=14452 (1218 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide
		SK Telecom and other South Korean operators are scaling back promotional expenses to generate profits because subscriber growth is slowing in a country where three out of four people own a mobile phone.
		SK Telecom was projected to post second-quarter operating profit of 654 billion won, and sales of 2.5 trillion won, according to the median estimate of the analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
		LG Telecom is expected to report on July 27 net income of 35 billion won from a year-earlier loss of 27 billion won, a more- than-tripling in operating profit, and a 6.4 percent increase in sales, according to the Bloomberg survey.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=a5H.U7l1.YdA&refer=home (752 words)

	CNN.com - SK Telecom first-half profit up 70% - August 5, 2001
		SK Telecom's mid-year net rose 70 percent to $494 million from $290 million a year earlier, putting its full year target of $906.2 million within reach.
		SK vice president Song Hyo-sup told a teleconference with analysts depreciation costs were expected to rise by $101.6 million in the second half as it earmarked more capital expenditure later this year.
		SK, along with rivals KT Freetel and LG Telecom, piled up hefty operating costs in the first half of last year as they threw subsidies at phone buyers in a war over market share.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/asia/08/05/kr.sktprofits (459 words)

	Alcatel and SK Telecom open a 3G Reality Centre in Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This 3GRC will be located in an SK Telecom facility and will serve as a venue for the testing, integration, and development of GSM technology-based 2.5G and 3G mobile multimedia end-to-end solutions.
		SK Telecom is Korea's leading mobile communications company with more than 18 million subscribers.
		SK Telecom successfully commercialized the world's first CDMA cellular phone service and launched the world's first synchronized commercial IMT-2000 third generation service.
	www.home.alcatel.com /vpr/vpr.nsf/DateKey/07122004_1uk (485 words)

	Asia Times - News and analysis from Korea; North and South
		In a joint letter, KTF Co and LG Telecom Ltd urged the government to take immediate action to prevent SK Telecom from monopolizing the market, arguing that SK Telecom's dominant market share was a result of its merger with Shinsegi Telecomm in December 2001.
		KTF and LG Telecom said that if their demand was not met, they would appeal to the government to nullify the merger.
		SK Telecom denounced the move by its two smaller rivals, stating that the company has already fulfilled the merger conditions.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Korea/EL19Dg02.html (388 words)

	dailywireless.org - Earthlink + Korean SK Telecom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Korea's number one cellular company, SK Telecom, and EarthLink, the forth largest ISP in the United States, have signed a joint venture agreement to form a wireless voice and data service in the United States.
		SK Telecom is one of Korea's biggest mobile operators with over 18m subscribers, while EarthLink has over 5m subscribers in the US.
		SK Telecom, Korea's largest mobile carrier, along with Korea's leading phone company, KT, and No. 2 broadband Internet provider Hanaro Telecom, all have 2.3 GHz licenses thoughout Korea and plan to introduce WiBro broadband wireless in 2006.
	www.dailywireless.org /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3588 (942 words)

	CNN.com - SK Telecom posts strong result - Jan. 30, 2004
		SK Telecom Co., South Korea's largest mobile carrier, has beaten expectations to triple fourth-quarter profits.
		SK earned 430 billion won ($367 million) in net profit in the fourth quarter, beating the consensus forecast of 344 billion won and up from 163 billion won in the same period a year ago.
		In 2003, SK customer numbers grew 6.35 percent to 18.31 million at the end of December, exceeding a 1.1 percent rise for the second-largest operator KTF, which has 10.44 million subscribers.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/BUSINESS/01/30/korea.sk.reut (432 words)

	BW Online \| December 9, 2002 \| SK Telecom's China Challenge
		SK Telecom, he adds, also wants to supply wireless Internet services through its joint venture, which Cho says the two sides will soon sign a final agreement to establish.
		Still, SK Telecom's net profit this year is expected to rise 58%, to around $1.5 billion, after a sales increase of 41%, to $7.3 billion.
		SK Telecom is deploying a network in Vietnam, which should begin operation in the spring of 2003.
	www.businessweek.com /technology/content/dec2002/tc2002129_5164.htm (1024 words)

	EETimes.com - SK Telecom sales rise on wireless Net business
		SK Telecom said in a regulatory filing that its net profit had soared 25.2 percent, to 1.87 trillion won ($1.91 billion).
		SK Telecom saw 2005 revenue from the wireless Internet business rise 34.9 percent, to 2.46 trillion won, accounting for 26.6 percent of total sales, up 6 percent from 2004.
		SK Telecom expects to see 10.5 trillion won in total sales this year, with the proportion of revenue from wireless Internet reaching 29.5 percent of total sales.
	www.eetimes.com /showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177103254 (480 words)

	Digital Music News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		SK Telecom, the largest mobile phone operator in South Korea, recently reported its biggest profit in seven quarters.
		SK Telecom is also priming a satellite network, promising discreet video programming for cell phones, while both Verizon and Sprint are also toeing the mobile video waters in the US.
		South Korea’s SK Telecom, the country’s largest cell phone provider, is setting up a fund to the tune of $75 million (75 billion won) for investment in the entertainment industry.
	www.digitalmusicnews.com /results?title=SK+Telecom (2884 words)

	South Korea: SK Telecom investors angered by Posco buy
		SK Telecom was on Wednesday accused of breaking a promise not to support its troubled sister companies, when it agreed to buy a stake in Posco, the world's second-biggest steelmaker, from SK Corp, its cash-strapped oil-refining affiliate, says the Financial Times
		SK Corp is threatened by the possible collapse of SK Global, the group's fraud-ridden trading arm, in which the oil refiner has a large stake.
		SK Global's future has been in doubt since March, when it was found to have fraudulently inflated its profits by US$1.2bn.
	www.ebusinessforum.com /index.asp?layout=rich_story&channelid=4&categoryid=30&doc_id=6600 (429 words)

	HiddenWires - SK Telecom to roll out Ember-enabled ZigBee digital smart home services
		SK Telecom, South Korea's largest cellular provider, will roll out in October, a new "digital smart home" service.
		SK Telecom's service, which is currently in field tests in 400 Korean households, recently won the "Intelligent Home Network Innovation Award" from the Korean government.
		In addition to SK Telecom, Ember's networking platform is already in commercial deployments in applications for home control and monitoring, asset tracking, commercial lighting control and automatic meter reading.
	hiddenwires.co.uk /resourcesnews2005/news20051031-18.html (530 words)

	CDG : About the CDG : SK Telecom
		SK Telecom is Korea's leading mobile communications service operator and is a key player in revolutionizing the world's mobile communications industry.
		Established in 1984, SK Telecom continues to create vibrant, progressive information communications businesses based on the existing core business of mobile communications.
		In January 1996, SK Telecom commercialized the world's first CDMA cellular service and the first 3rd generation CDMA2000 1X service in October 2000.
	www.cdg.org /cdg/members/sktelecom.asp (184 words)

	SK Telecom looks to acquire handset makers - Telecom Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		SK Telecomis looking to acquire handset makers as it says mobile service alone is not enough to secure future growth.
		SK Telecom has signed an MOU to start due diligence for the purchase of Bellwave, a handset design house, through SK Teletech.
		A SK Teletech spokesperson said, “We are still interested in other handset makers, including Maxon Telecom.
	www.telecomasia.net /telecomasia/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=101625 (161 words)

	PRESS RELEASE SK Telecom and Magnolia Broadband Conduct Final Pre-Deployment Field Testing of Mobile Transmit Diversity ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		By deploying Magnolia's DiversityPlus technology, SK Telecom will be able to meet their growing needs for voice and data capacity, while improving the quality of service to their customers.
		SK Telecom merged with Shinsaegi Telecom in January 2002 and the subscriber base is now more than 18 million.
		In June 2001, SK Telecom began the world's first commercial service that offers motion pictures through a wireless handset without the need for peripheral devices, taking its cdma2000 1x network to a new level of usage.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=91338 (729 words)

	EarthLink, SK Telecom create virtual mobile operator
		SK Telecom, based in Seoul, sees the partnership as its gateway into the U.S. market and an opportunity to grow its worldwide subscriber base.
		EarthLink and SK Telecom said the joint venture could generate approximately 3 million net subscribers and revenue of around $2 billion by 2009.
		SK Telecom operates a nationwide Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network in South Korea and is one of the country's top two carriers.
	www.computerworld.com /printthis/2005/0,4814,99268,00.html (295 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Asia
		SK Telecom's ADRs need to rise 22 percent before it would be profitable to convert the bonds into stock.
		Shares of SK Telecom in Seoul have declined 23 percent since the exchangeable bonds were sold in July, 2002, buffeted by increasing competition in a market where three out of four people own a cellular phone.
		SK Telecom is rated A3 by Moody's and A- by SandP, in line with ratings assigned to the Korean government.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aKMThPq4NNHY&refer=asia (522 words)

	SK TELECOM AND EARTHLINK ANNOUNCE JOINT VENTURE TO FORM NATIONAL WIRELESS PROVIDER
		This joint venture is a continuation of SK Telecom's commitment to provide the most innovative world-class mobile communications technology," said Shin Bae Kim, president and chief executive officer of SK Telecom.
		Under the terms of the agreement, EarthLink and SK Telecom will each have a 50 percent ownership stake in SK-EarthLink.
		SK Telecom successfully commercialized the world's first CDMA cellular phone service and launched the world's first synchronized commercial IMT-2000 third generation service. The company is listed on the Korean Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, and the London Stock Exchange. To learn more about SK Telecom, please visit www.sktelecom.com.
	www.earthlink.net /about/press/sk-earthlink (806 words)

	CNN.com - SK's Chey called in for questioning - Feb. 20, 2003
		Chey Tae-won, the chairman of SK Corp., was summoned by prosecutors on Friday over an investigation into possible illegal stock transactions, a spokesman for the prosecution said.
		SK is South Korea's fourth largest conglomerate, behind the Samsung, Hyundai and LG groups.
		SK Group is also being investigated over allegations that it did not disclose a promise to repurchase shares in affiliate SK Securities held by U.S. investment bank JP Morgan.
	www.cnn.com /2003/BUSINESS/asia/02/20/korea.chey (295 words)

	EarthLink, SK Telecom link arms \| Tech News on ZDNet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The deal is the biggest overseas investment by SK Telecom, South Korea's top mobile phone operator, since it turned to overseas markets to drive earnings.
		SK said it could not reveal which wireless operators would provide networks for the services, but SK is in a strategic alliance with Verizon Wireless, the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier, to foster such services as data roaming, video-on-demand and TV phones.
		SK, which is seen by many analysts as a global pioneer of advanced services such as wireless voice and data offerings including interactive gaming, video streaming and location-based services, controls 51 percent of the South Korean market.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-1035_22-5550881.html (563 words)

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	SK Telecom: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		SK Telecom is a South Korea South Korea quick summary:
		Sk corporation is a korean-based chaebol or conglomerate....
		Rightscreen shot of cyworld minihompy cyworld is a south korean blog-oriented web community site operated by nate, a subsidiary of sk telecom....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sk/sk_telecom1.htm (401 words)

	SK Telecom Steals World Cup and PMAA Gran Prix
		SK Telecom recruited, educated and encouraged millions of Korean soccer fans to get out into the streets to unite and support the Korean team during the FIFA World Cup soccer finals held in Korea last year.
		While Korea Telecom, not its competitor SK Telecom, was Korea's official mobile phone sponsor of FIFA, Korean consumers and soccer fans did not seem to notice the difference.
		Instead, SK Telecom showed the marketing world that shelling out the cash for a sponsorship may be one way to brand your product or service, but capturing the attention of your target audience requires a lot more marketing savvy and effort than simply writing a check.
	promomagazine.com /othertactics/marketing_sk_telecom_steals/index.html (1024 words)

	Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
		Korea¡¯s leading mobile operator SK Telecom is getting ready to branch out into the entertainment industry because it needs content for new mobile services like wireless broadband internet (WiBro) and satellite digital mobile broadcasting (DMB).
		SK announced Friday it plans to acquire YBM Seoul Records for W29.2 billon (US$29.2 million), having signed a contract to acquire a 60 percent stake in the country¡¯s largest music label by taking over shares from the music company¡¯s largest shareholder Min Young-bin and issuing new stocks.
		Seo Jin-woo, an SK Telecom executive, said through investment in digital content the company hoped to boost the sluggish local music industry and contribute to exporting Korean-made content to the global market.
	english.chosun.com /w21data/html/news/200505/200505270019.html (204 words)

	Nortel Networks: SK Telecom Selects Nortel Networks Optical Solution for Wireless Network Backbone
		SK Telecom is Korea’s leading provider of information and communications services spanning Mobile Services, E-Commerce, Overseas Operations and Subsidiaries.
		SK Telecom’s SPEED 011, Korea's leading cellular service brand, n.TOP wireless Internet service and multimedia service, which offers VOD(Video On Demand) and AOD (Audio On Demand) for cdma 2000 mobile phone users, are providing unrestricted access to communication anytime, and anyplace.
		SK Telecom already has established a presence in China, Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia.
	www.nortelnetworks.com /corporate/news/newsreleases/2001b/07_02_0101434_SK_Telecom.html (632 words)

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