As a result of big losses on such tech and telecom picks as ARM Holdings, KPN and SK Telecom, his list on average did worse than the MSCI World index.
In order to focus on their cellular-phone business, SK Telecom folded their NetsGo internet service provider and Lycos Korea into their subsidiary SK Communications in November 2002.
Eighty-six percent of SK Telecom's mobile-phone customers have wireless Internet capability on their handsets.
In turn, SK Telecom will attempt to get its hands into the U.S. mobile market.
For the entirety of 2010, SK Telecom released 24 smartphones, most of which were powered by Android.
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Among the largest underlying components of DEM, in trading today SK Telecom Co.
Examining the screenshots, we see that the OS lists South Korean carrier SK Telecom as a potential mobile provider.
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"We must have adequate content when we start 3G, " says Lee of LG, which like SK Telecom plans to offer 2.5G.
Among the largest underlying components of DEM, in trading today KT Corp ( NYSE: KT) is off about 2.1%, SK Telecom Co.
Among the largest underlying components of DEM, in trading today KT Corp ( NYSE: KT) is up about 1.1%, SK Telecom Co.
The companies whose networks shut down Wednesday afternoon use not just LG Uplus' services but also other services from SK Telecom Co.
In South Korea, the country's three incumbent carriers, SK Telecom, KT Freetel, and LG Telecom, are already the defacto winners of three licenses.
This gave overseas vendors a big opportunity window: in January 2010 SK Telecom announced the country's first Android phone, the Motorola MOTOROI.
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Struggling to hit the promised target, SK Telecom and KT had to aggressively cut prices for the iPhone 4S shortly after launch last November.
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"We believe this action reaffirms our view that corporate governance concerns remain at SK Telecom, " said investment bank Morgan Stanley in a note to investors.
Stocks popular with the star funds include Grupo Televisa, Latin America's media powerhouse, and SK Telecom, South Korea's biggest cell phone company, with 18.6 million subscribers.
That's pretty scary considering rival SK Telecom had 2.85 million smartphone subscribers in the same quarter, so good thing it had those 24 smartphones in hand that year.
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These days, consumers are getting ready for the launch of the BluEye by SK Telecom -- a matchbook-sized projector that simply plugs into your handset to screen mobile videos.
It's a matter of time before the real and the virtual fold into each other on the wireless Web, says Wonhee Sull, vice president of platform development at SK Telecom.
Among the largest underlying components of DEM, in trading today SK Telecom Ltd ( SKM) is off about 0.4%, and BBVA Banco Frances S A ( BFR) is up by about 1.1%.
In South Korea SK Telecom has, in just over two years, signed up more than 2 million people for a service that lets people know when others on their buddy lists are nearby.
Here we've got one of the first high-def hands-on experiences of Motorola's latest Android set, the MOTOROI, loaded with a Korean ROM in preparation for its upcoming launch on SK Telecom.
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One winner benefiting from this trend is SK Telecom (nyse: SKM - news - people ), which now counts 17 million cellular users and a 53% market share in South Korea.
The company is still hammering out which chips will ship with FlashLinq support, and it'll be waiting for results from its SK Telecom trial (which starts in April) before committing to a commercialization date.
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By partnering with SK Telecom (nyse: SKM - news - people ), EarthLink hopes to gain the expertise and technology of one of the most advanced wireless carriers in the world.
Currently, the top five companies that account for a third of stock holdings, he says, are non-Hyundai blue chips SK Telecom, power utility KEPCO, Samsung Electronics, Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance, and steel giant POSCO.
Among the largest underlying components of DEM, in trading today SK Telecom Ltd ( NYSE: SKM) is off about 1.1%, KT Corporation ( NYSE: KT) is down about 0.4%, and Irsa Inversiones Y Rep SA ( NYSE: IRS) is lower by about 1.7%.
Among the largest underlying components of DEM, in trading today SK Telecom Ltd ( NYSE: SKM) is down about 0.7%, KT Corporation ( NYSE: KT) is off about 1.2%, and BBVA Banco Frances S A ( NYSE: BFR) is lower by about 1.3%.
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