SK Telecom, Kumho E&C, and Asiana IDT Sign Business Agreement to Expand Smart Home Services in Large-Scale Apartment Complexes
Published2018.01.18 17:25SK Telecom signed a business agreement with Kumho E&C and Asiana IDT at SK Telecom's headquarters in Euljiro regarding the provision of smart home services.
The agreement ceremony was attended by Heo Il-kyou, Head of SK Telecom's IoT/Data Business Division, Yang Seong-yong, Head of Kumho E&C's Residential Sales Division, and Lee Kyoung-soo, Executive Director of Asiana IDT's Construction/Manufacturing Division. Through an exclusive partnership among the three companies, SK Telecom agreed to apply smart home services to Kumho E&C's apartment sales volumes in the future.
Heo Il-kyou, Head of the IoT/Data Business Division, stated, "Through the business agreement with Kumho E&C and Asiana IDT, we have created an opportunity to expand the smart home ecosystem as well as share each company's ICT expertise."
The three companies plan to apply SK Telecom's smart home starting with the 'Hangang Kumho Eoulreem' apartment complex, which is being developed as a large-scale complex of 873 units in the Gimpo Yanggok residential development area. The 'Hangang Kumho Eoulreem', which is scheduled for move-in in March 2020, will be the first to apply a function that enables convenient inquiry of apartment management fees through the voice recognition AI device 'NUGU' and the smart home app.
SK Telecom has established partnerships with approximately 30 construction companies in Korea, including 5 of the country's top 10 construction companies, and has been promoting the basic provision of smart home services targeting newly launched apartment complexes. Currently, the move-in scale with SK Telecom smart home applied is approximately 15,000 units across 15 complexes nationwide, and SK Telecom is the only service provider that has secured more than 10,000 units of actual residents as users.
Currently, smart home services provide basic services per unit such as lighting, heating, and standby power cutoff, as well as common services including apartment complex notices, resident voting, elevator call, and management fee inquiries.
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