- To operate T.um Mobile during Mobile World Congress 2017 at
Fira Montjuic, Barcelona
- Expects to bring Spanish children closer to the latest ICT
through well-designed exhibition and education programs
SEOUL, South Korea,
Feb. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SK
Telecom (NYSE: SKM) today announced that it will bring T.um Mobile,
a travelling ICT museum, to Barcelona to provide Spanish children
with the chance to experience cutting-edge technologies. T.um
Mobile will be opened as part of the Youth Mobile Festival
(YoMo) Barcelona at Fira Montjuic,
from February 27 to March 2, 2017.
The GSMA and Mobile World Capital Barcelona launched YoMo as part
of Mobile World Congress to inspire young people to pursue
education and careers in science, technology, engineering,
art/design, and math (STEAM) disciplines.
T.um Mobile is the world's first portable ICT museum, which SK
Telecom has been operating in Korea since 2014 with the aim to
bridge digital divide by providing children in rural and remote
areas with the opportunity to experience and learn cutting-edge
ICT. To date, T.um Mobile has travelled to 23 different locations
throughout the nation, affecting more than 150,000 children.
To tailor T.um mobile to the needs and interests of the local
Spanish children, SK Telecom has been working with the Government
of Catalonia, the GSMA, Telefónica, Spain's leading mobile operator, and
Ro-botica, a Spanish company which provides robotics solutions and
hardware. For example, considering Spanish children's high
interest in soccer, SK Telecom and Telefónica have jointly prepared
a special coding education program, where children can learn coding
through a soccer game played by SK Telecom's smart robot
'Albert'.
Besides the coding education program, T.um Mobile will offer two
other smart robot-based coding classes at different levels of
difficulty. Through these coding education programs, children will
not only be able to learn coding but can also hone their
mathematics skills while interacting with Albert.
Moreover, T.um Mobile will feature three different ICT
experience zones designed to enable children to easily understand
technologies that will become mainstream in the upcoming era of 5G
such as virtual reality, augmented reality and holograms.
As a portable museum, T.um Mobile can be conveniently set up,
taken down and moved, while boasting a creative design and safe
structure. T.um Mobile in Barcelona will have an air-supported structure
in the shape of a pyramid* (height: 9 meters base: 20 X 20
meters).
*please see the attached files
"SK Telecom is taking T.um Mobile to Barcelona to provide
children with the chance to experience the world of ICT so that
they can develop new interest in science and technology," said
Yoon Yong-chul, Executive Vice
President and Head of Public Relations Office of SK Telecom. "As a
responsible corporate citizen, SK Telecom will continue to work
closely with diverse partners across the globe to narrow the
digital divide caused by poverty and geographical difference."
"We are very excited to have SK Telecom bring the T.um Mobile
experience to YoMo," said John
Hoffman, CEO, GSMA Ltd. "This will, along with many other
exhibits and activities, bring classroom learning to life for
thousands of school children at YoMo, and will help inspire them to
pursue education and careers in science, technology, engineering,
art/design, and math (STEAM) disciplines."
*Attachment : Images of T.um mobile in YoMo
About SK Telecom
Established in 1984, SK Telecom is the largest mobile operator
in Korea by both revenue and number of subscribers. As of
December 2016, the company holds
around 50 percent of the market, with 29.60 million mobile
subscribers including 21.1 million LTE subscribers. It has reached
KRW 17.092 trillion in revenue in
2016.
SK Telecom has led the advancement of mobile technologies
ranging from 2G to 4G, and is currently setting important
milestones in its journey to 5G. The company is not only leading
innovation in the field of mobile network, but also providing IoT,
media, home and platform services.
SK Telecom is determined to play a significant role in the
Fourth Industrial Revolution by achieving innovations and promoting
shared growth with other players in the industry. For more
information, please visit www.sktelecom.com/en or
contact skt_press@sk.com.
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