[Infostock Daily= Reporter An Hoe Hyun] SK Telecom announced that it won the 'Best 5G International Commercial Launch' category at the '5G World Awards 2020' held on the 2nd(local time).
The '5G World Awards 2020' is an event of the '5G World Summit 2020' organized by the global ICT research institute 'Informa Telecom & Media', which was held in an untact manner this year and selected 5G-related innovative technology services in 15 categories.
SK Telecom was selected as the 'Best 5G Commercial Launch' in recognition of its leading 5G technology services such as world's first commercialization and launch of AR and VR services. SK Telecom launched the world's first 5G B2B service, launching 'Smart Factory' for corporate customers in December 2018, and in April 2019 it commercialized the world's first 5G smartphone service for general customers and applied 5G-LTE combined technology to achieve the world's highest speed.
5G service has been activated through various promotions such as Jump AR Zoo and 5G LoL Park, and 5G technology evolution is also leading by completing development of ultra high frequency communication technology and SA communication technology. Based on this, the company plan to expand 3.5GHz frequency-based national network coverage and provide optimal customized technologies according to various service characteristics such as B2C and B2B.
Reporter An Hoe Hyun ahh@infostock.co.kr