SK Telecom developing in-house mobile phone handset
2009/04/07 21:10SK Telecom is rumoured to be branching back into the mobile phone handset business:
Although SK Telecom is downplaying the significance of SK Telesys' advance into the handset market, recent moves by the mobile-phone carrier had hinted that the company has been renewing its focus on developing handsets.
SK Telecom currently has a team dedicated to the ``G-Project,'' which is involved in designing handsets and mobile Internet software. The mobile phones conceived by the G-Project team are produced by other handset makers under original design manufacturer (ODM) contracts, with the first models released by Taiwanese maker HTC last year.
SK Telecom also recently celebrated their 25th founding anniversary:
The company has grown in scale, too, starting in 1984 with 250 million won ($188,000) and 32 employees to totaling 11.7 trillion won in sales as of the end of 2008 and over 23 million subscribers.
