SK Telecom Hosts Contest for Small Business Owners... Customized ICT Support Provided

[Asia Economy Reporter Joesulgina] SK Telecom announced on the 11th that it will hold the ‘Our Store Happiness Challenge,’ which supports the latest ICT services incorporating 5G and artificial intelligence (AI), by soliciting essays from small business owners struggling due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

Accordingly, SK Telecom is inviting small business owners nationwide to submit their management know-how, hardship stories, and experiences using ICT services. SK Telecom plans to provide professional consulting covering marketing such as SNS promotion and client discovery, as well as business management including commercial area analysis and inventory management, together with management advisors from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups to a total of 155 selected small business owners.

Based on on-site consulting results, SK Telecom will assist businesses by providing customized services incorporating the latest ICT technologies of the 5G era such as AI and big data. Support will include ▲wired and wireless communication, IPTV, security, and marketing services offered by ICT family companies, and ▲solutions such as tax bookkeeping, website and promotional material production available on the small business tailored information portal ‘Bizit.’

The top five winners of the ‘Our Store Happiness Challenge’ will each receive SK ICT family company products and services worth KRW 3 million, 1 million, and 500,000 respectively. A special prize will be given to 150 participants, providing untact era customized ICT products such as SK Broadband Media Board packages, ADT Caps security services, SK Planet store promotion mobile advertisements, and influencer marketing.

Small business owners wishing to apply can submit their stories through the small business tailored information portal Bizit (skbizit.co.kr) website from today until September 6. SK Telecom will announce the winners on September 14, provide professional consulting from September 16 to 25, and conduct ICT product installation and usage training starting in October.

Lee Junho, head of SK Telecom’s SV Promotion Group, stated, “Through this contest, we aim to enhance small business owners’ access to and utilization of ICT, thereby supporting the strengthening of their self-sustainability and competitiveness in the 5G era.”

This contest and support program are jointly conducted by SK Telecom and SK ICT family companies including SK Broadband, ADT Caps, SK Planet, 11st, and SK M&S. Happiness Narae and SK Microfinance, SK Group affiliates supporting small business owners, also joined forces.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.