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SK Telecom supplies a wireless Internet platform worth about seven million US dollars to NURSAT
This first move into CIS countries will lay the groundwork for advancing into neighboring marketplaces.
The export volume of SK Telecom’s wireless Internet NATE platform now exceeds fifty million dollars, establishing a new business model for overseas markets.
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Sung Chul Hong (on left), vice-president and head of SK Telecom`s Global Business Division, Marat Almenbayev (on right), president of NURSAT, are shown signing a contract.
SK Telecom’s wireless Internet technology advances into CIS countries, following the advancement into the GSM market in July 2004.
SK Telecom announced that on August 3rd at 5 pm, the company signed a contract for supplying wireless Internet platforms worth about seven million US dollars with NURSAT, a local telephony and ISP carrier in Kazakhstan. The contract includes NATE portal platforms, and the NATE service solution.
In accordance with the contract, SK Telecom will furnish seven NATE server platforms which include Portal, WAP Gateway, Call Ring (called Coloring), LBS, Billing, Download, and Fonticon. Three NATE terminal platforms (SK-VM, SIS3, and MMS Client), will also be furnished.
NURSAT plans to transfer SK Telecom’s NATE platform to ALTEL, a CDMA service provider in Kazakhstan. ALTEL will offer cutting-edge wireless Internet services that include ’Coloring’, Mate Search, Bell Sound, Picture Mate, Multimedia Games, Multimedia Messaging, etc.
SK Telecom first exported ten million USD worth of its NATE platform to Pelephone of Israel in 2002. Since that time, the company has been actively advancing into mobile communications markets in Taiwan and Thailand. With the contract with NURSAT, the export volume of SK Telecom’s wireless Internet platforms now exceeds fifty million dollars.
Sung Chul Hong, vice-president and head of SK Telecom’s Global Business Division commented, "SK Telecom has been actively advancing into overseas markets by commercializing the NATE platform and its service operational know-how that is based on its technological superiority and service operational expertise for the wireless Internet. As the export volume of SK Telecom’s wireless Internet platform now exceeds fifty million dollars with the contract with NURSAT, SK Telecom’s new business model to advance into overseas markets is substantially contributing to the development of our national economy".
Since 2002 SK Telecom has been actively advancing into overseas markets with its excellent wireless Internet technology. This is demonstrated by the provision of wireless Internet platforms to APBW of Taiwan (worth about 30 million dollars), Pelephone of Israel (worth about 10 million dollars) and TA Orange of Thailand (worth about 6.3 million dollars). By supplying a wireless Internet platform to Kazakhstan, the company is following a plan for making inroads into Central Asia and the CIS countries, which have an enormous potential for wireless Internet services development.
SK Telecom announced that on August 3rd at 5 pm, the company signed a contract for supplying wireless Internet platforms worth about seven million US dollars with NURSAT, a local telephony and ISP carrier in Kazakhstan. The contract includes NATE portal platforms, and the NATE service solution.
In accordance with the contract, SK Telecom will furnish seven NATE server platforms which include Portal, WAP Gateway, Call Ring (called Coloring), LBS, Billing, Download, and Fonticon. Three NATE terminal platforms (SK-VM, SIS3, and MMS Client), will also be furnished.
NURSAT plans to transfer SK Telecom’s NATE platform to ALTEL, a CDMA service provider in Kazakhstan. ALTEL will offer cutting-edge wireless Internet services that include ’Coloring’, Mate Search, Bell Sound, Picture Mate, Multimedia Games, Multimedia Messaging, etc.
SK Telecom first exported ten million USD worth of its NATE platform to Pelephone of Israel in 2002. Since that time, the company has been actively advancing into mobile communications markets in Taiwan and Thailand. With the contract with NURSAT, the export volume of SK Telecom’s wireless Internet platforms now exceeds fifty million dollars.
Sung Chul Hong, vice-president and head of SK Telecom’s Global Business Division commented, "SK Telecom has been actively advancing into overseas markets by commercializing the NATE platform and its service operational know-how that is based on its technological superiority and service operational expertise for the wireless Internet. As the export volume of SK Telecom’s wireless Internet platform now exceeds fifty million dollars with the contract with NURSAT, SK Telecom’s new business model to advance into overseas markets is substantially contributing to the development of our national economy".
Since 2002 SK Telecom has been actively advancing into overseas markets with its excellent wireless Internet technology. This is demonstrated by the provision of wireless Internet platforms to APBW of Taiwan (worth about 30 million dollars), Pelephone of Israel (worth about 10 million dollars) and TA Orange of Thailand (worth about 6.3 million dollars). By supplying a wireless Internet platform to Kazakhstan, the company is following a plan for making inroads into Central Asia and the CIS countries, which have an enormous potential for wireless Internet services development.