SK Telecom (SKT) is optimistic about its metaverse platform, ifland, and aims to expand its influence in the Asia Pacific region by forming new collaborations in Malaysia and the Philippines. ifland is SK Telecom's metaverse service, which provides a variety of social networking features and is expanding globally through collaboration with various partners.
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