BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- SK Telecom (NYSE:
SKM) announced that it was awarded 'Best Technology Enabler' at the
GSMA Global Mobile Awards 2016, the industry's biggest and the most
prestigious award, for its Virtualized Network Monitoring Solution
jointly developed with Accedian.
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Virtualized Network Monitoring Solution measures and analyzes
real-time network performance indicators to identify point(s) of
network errors/traffic congestion to prevent or immediately address
the matter, and optimize the overall network performance and
service quality.
SK Telecom enhanced the completeness of the solution in close
collaboration with Accedian and also worked with major LTE and
fixed-line equipment manufacturers to develop interworking features
to apply the solution to its commercial network. In August 2015, the company completed applying the
solution to its LTE networks in Seoul and six metropolitan cities nationwide.
Going forward, SK Telecom plans to speed up its efforts to apply
the solution nationwide.
"Accedian is thrilled to receive such prestigious recognition
from the leading independent panel of experts that judged the
awards. Helping SK Telecom provide the best network performance and
technology allows them to offer high levels of service and
exceptional quality of experience. This award proves our
virtualized network performance assurance solutions add significant
value to operators," said Patrick
Ostiguy, CEO, Accedian.
"SK Telecom is honored to receive this prestigious award as it
highlights our commitment to improving customers' mobile experience
through Virtualized Network Monitoring Solution. In collaboration
with Accedian, the solution was developed and applied to our
commercial network to play an important role in providing our
customers with the best mobile experience. Our efforts will
continue to develop more innovative network technologies and
solutions to further enhance network performance and quality for
our customers," said Lee Jong-bong,
Executive Vice President and Head of Infra Division of SK
Telecom.
About SK Telecom
SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM, KSE: 017670), established in 1984, is
Korea's largest telecommunications company with more than 26
million mobile subscribers, accounting for around 50% of the
market. The company reached KRW 17.137
trillion in revenue in 2015. As the world's first company to
commercialize CDMA, CDMA 2000 1x, CDMA EV-DO and HSDPA networks, SK
Telecom launched the nation's first LTE service in July 2011. SK Telecom also became the world's
first mobile carrier to commercialize 150Mbps LTE-Advanced in
June 2013 and 225Mbps LTE-Advanced in
June 2014 through Carrier
Aggregation(CA). In line with its efforts to swiftly move towards
the next-generation mobile network system, or 5G, it successfully
commercialized 300Mbps tri-band LTE-A CA. As of the end of
December 2015, the company has over
18.98 million LTE and LTE-Advanced subscribers. Based on its
strength in network operations business, SK Telecom is seeking new
growth engines through three innovative platforms namely Lifestyle
Enhancement Platform, Advanced Media Platform and IoT Service
Platform. For more information, please visit www.sktelecom.com or
email to skt_press@sk.com.
Media Contact
Cindy Kang
SK Telecom Co. Ltd.
(822) 6100-3836
(8210) 9113-2344
psyche@sk.com
Raphael Rashid
Edelman Korea
(822) 2022 8228
Raphael.Rashid@edelman.com
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