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• SK Telecom develops phone-controlled cleaning bot

  Published: July 27, 2007, 7:59 pm

  Tags: Cleaning, Remote Control, Remotecontrol, Roomba, Sk Telecom, Sktelecom, Vacuum

  Filed under: Cellphones, Robots SK Telecom, never wanting to be outdone by clever hackers in producing totally useless and bizarre devices that no one really needs, is in the final development stages on a Roomba-style robot that can be controlled by your mobile phone. The circular cleaning bot will be able to receive direction from a phone user on

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• SK Telecom handing over $270 million (more) to Helio

  Published: September 21, 2007, 4:31 pm

  Tags: Business, Earthlink, Helio, Industry, Joint Venture, Jointventure, Money, Sk Telecom, Sktelecom

  Filed under: Cellphones As if receiving $200 million from SK Telecom and EarthLink back in July wasn't enough, Helio is now set to accept (up to) a $270 million check from SK Telecom. According to EarthLink, SK Telecom will "invest up to $270 million in Helio," and as expected, EarthLink was "very pleased" with the decision -- you know,

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• SK Telecom effectively taking over Helio

  Published: November 9, 2007, 2:02 pm

  Tags: Earthlink, Helio, Sk Telecom, Sktelecom

  Filed under: Cellphones We knew Earthlink and SK Telecom were both planning on reinvesting up to $100M each into struggling joint venture Helio back in July, and it looks like all that recent talk about "revised governance" was on point -- the deal will effectively shift management control of Helio away from Earthlink and to SKT for the first

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• DoCoMo and other Asian carriers eyeing FCC auction?

  Published: December 11, 2007, 6:15 pm

  Tags: 700mhz, Asia, Blackstone Group, Blackstonegroup, Docomo, Fcc, Kddi, Sk Telecom, Sktelecom

  Filed under: WirelessEverybody is sworn to silence until the auction is over, so we won't be seeing much more information about this until it's all over in the spring of next year, but for now it's still fun to speculate. Business Week is doing quite a bit of that speculating as well, with word that DoCoMo, KDDI, SK Telecom and even China (through

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• Helio's Sky Dayton steps down as CEO

  Published: January 28, 2008, 8:28 pm

  Tags: Ceo, Coo, Earthlink, Helio, Mvno, President, Sk Telecom, Sktelecom, Sky Dayton, Skydayton

  Filed under: Cellphones Sky Dayton, founder and chairman of the phantasmagorical Helio, has announced that he's stepping down as CEO to become chairman of the board of the last-man-standing MVNO. Helio's new CEO will be Wonhee Sull, formerly the company's president and COO, and obviously a direct conduit to co-owner SK Telecom. "Helio has

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• Helio stores shutting down

  Published: June 26, 2008, 11:04 pm

  Tags: Helio, Mvno, Sk Telecom, Sktelecom

  Filed under: Cellphones The future of Helio is still up in the air -- one minute it's about to be sold to Virgin, the next the Ocean 2 is popping up in videos -- and it looks like this week will end with some equally ambiguous news: Helio stores appear to be shutting down. That's the word according to Fierce Wireless, which took this shot of a

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• SK Telecom still interested in scooping up Sprint?

  Published: July 15, 2008, 5:20 pm

  Tags: Rumor, Sk Telecom, Sktelecom, Sprint, Sprint Nextel, Sprintnextel

  Filed under: Cellphones Some particularly juicy rumors die hard, and this one certainly qualifies: CNBC is reporting that SK Telecom is looking to hook up with some private equity firms to buy out Sprint Nextel, though a deal is "not imminent." This one's been making the rounds since last year, though it's possible that SKT sees some new impetus

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• Closing Bell: Dow pops up, and the bulls are eating bear meat this weekend

  Published: August 8, 2008, 12:58 pm

  Tags: Ars, Credit Suisse, Creditsuisse, Georgia, Oil, Sktelecom

  the potential buyout from SKTelecom or another could be back in the works. Shares rose 11.9% to $8.72 on this and a strong market. Permalink   Email this   Linking Blogs

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