As tech giants Apple and Meta (previously Facebook) race to offer the best version of the metaverse, a new competitor has launched into the realm. A South Korean telecommunications company, SK Telecom (SKT), has promised ifland, a telecom metaverse service, is gaining traction.
Telecom Metaverse
SKT is one of South Korea’s largest telecom operators with over 10 million 5g users. Back in 2021, SKT unveiled ifland as a “5G virtual service business.” Access to the platform was as simple as downloading an SKT app for users in South Korea. By the end of 2021, the company had 1.1 million active users. Fast forward to May 2022, the collaboration between Deutsche Telecom (DT) and SKT was announced. The partnership was to complete a test trial of the metaverse for the European Market prior to the year’s end.
Making good on their promises, the collaboration has released the telecom metaverse earlier than expected and is boasting its gaining traction. SKT recently released that active user time has nearly doubled and the company has received over 1500 partnership requests.
AI and Digital Services
Young Sang Ryu, SKT president and CEO, reiterated that the company’s vision is to position itself in the AI realm as a digital services company. “I’d like to make it very clear that SK Telecom will pursue strategic M&A opportunities… The first direction is to acquire technology companies for the business such as AI and metaverse,” Ryu said. He also noted how the company profit has increased over 11% from the previous year.
Ryu also noted how the company has plans to continue expansion overseas and position itself as a global competitor. While the metaverse, ifland
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Author: Valerie Stephen
