SK Telecom Aims at Overseas Mission Critical LTE Projects for Emergency Services
SK Telecom has developed the next-generation wireless communication technology that allows hundreds of rescue workers to communicate well with one another even in large disasters.
This weekend, SK Telecom announced that it jointly developed the Mission Critical Push to Talk (MCPTT) solution with Nokia for the first time in the world and succeeded in demonstrating the new technology at the Nokia Research Center in Krakow, Poland last week.
SK Telecom is planning to use the new technology in the nation’s Public Safety-LTE (PS-LTE) network and LTE-R, which is the LTE mobile telecommunication technology for railway, network systems.
The company also announced that it will seek ways to tap into the market of countries which are currently pushing forward projects to establish disaster safety networks, such as the United States and Britain.
“SK Telecom will continue to contribute to the successful completion of the public safety network project in Korea, while actively seeking new business opportunities in the global market,” said Shim Sang-soo, Senior Vice President and Head of Infra Business Promotion Office.