SK Telecom (SKT) recently announced its plans to lead the AI transformation in industry and society with its AI services and technologies.
The company presented its ambitious strategy in five different areas: Customer & Technology, Time & Space, AI Transformation for Industries (AIX), Core Business Model, and ESG.
"SKT’s AI service ‘A.’ has successfully settled in the Korean market by securing 1 million subscribers within just 9 months of its launch, and unveiled plans to further upgrade the service to not only shape it into the leading AI service in Korea, but also to develop opportunities in the global market," said CEO Ryu.
In the Customer & Technology sector, SKT unveiled its AI service, 'A.', which has already gained one million subscribers within nine months of launch in Korea.
The company plans to upgrade the service to a leading AI service in Korea and expand it globally. It is developing advanced conversation and emotional features for A. through machine learning and partnerships with popular character companies.
The company aims to expand the service's features from 30 to 100 and introduce the updated version of A. this quarter. It also plans to customize the service for different markets in collaboration with global telcos and AI tech companies.
"SKT will expand time and space for customers by increasing the realm of its business from ground to air and from reality to virtual space, and expand its role from a mobile operator to mobility operator via services like urban air mobility (UAM), autonomous driving and robots," said CEO Ryu.
In the Time & Space sector, the company is developing use cases for commercializing UAM and has strong competitiveness in UAM technologies such as aircraft, 5G UAM communication network, navigation/control, and location analysis.
"SKT will develop a world-class self-driving solution package by combining SAPEON’s semiconductor chip for autonomous driving, software technology of Phantom AI, a company SKT decided to invest in, and SKT’s experience acquired through the operation of ‘Nugu Auto,’ an AI platform for automobiles," added CEO Ryu.
SKT has launched various types of robots, including logistics and barista robots, and is developing an open robotics data platform through collaboration with Qualcomm and Integrit.
SKT's metaverse service, ifland, has grown into Korea's representative metaverse service with over 2,500 partners and 4 million monthly active users. SKT plans to evolve ifland into a 3D space-based social networking service, expand its economic system, and increase partnerships home and abroad.
"SKT will shape ifland into a global leading social metaverse platform by evolving it into a 3D space-based social networking service in April, expanding ifland’s economic system through the adoption of a content marketplace and Web3 system, and increasing partnerships both home and abroad," said CEO Ryu.
In the AI Transformation (AIX) for Industries sector, SKT is facilitating AI transformation of industries with its AI technologies.
"SKT is facilitating AI transformation of industries with its AI technologies. The company is working closely with brilliant startups in areas such as infrastructure & hardware, base technology, and application/service, and plans to continuously expand into new business areas, including security, health care, advertising, smart factory and enterprise solutions," CEO Ryu explained.
"The company is working closely with startups in areas such as infrastructure & hardware, base technology, and application/service and expanding into new business areas such as security, healthcare, advertising, smart factory, and enterprise solutions," he said.
SKT is achieving outstanding performance in the AI semiconductor market in partnership with SAPEON Inc. SAPEON is increasing its market presence by supplying chips to NHN Cloud, SKT NPU Farm, SK Hynix's Smart Factory, and collaborating with Phantom AI and Konan Technology.
SKT is creating synergies with Bespin Global to jointly develop an AI-based cloud management platform. SKT has also launched an integrated advertising platform, 'ASUM,' by combining its customer data with Moloco's AI/machine learning technology.
The company is working to expand into diverse industries, including robot, media, data analysis, commerce, airport, and manufacturing with AI video, machine learning, and digital twinning, through collaboration with Konan Technology.
SKT aims to lead the AI transformation in industry and society by driving innovations in various sectors and expanding globally.
“SKT’s AI innovation in the five areas is aimed at realizing ‘AI to Everywhere,’ which refers to applying AI to every part of our lives,” said Ryu Young-sang, CEO of SKT, “Our ultimate goal is to create a world where everyone can benefit from AI.”
