SK Telecom (SKT) and NTT DOCOMO have entered into a partnership to enhance their metaverse offerings and advance 6G research.

“The MOU has important significance as it is a cooperation between the representative mobile operators of Korea and Japan,” said Ryu Young-sang, SKT’s president and CEO.

“By working together with NTT DOCOMO in the area of ​​ICT of the future, we will generate tangible results that will drive global ICT innovation.”

Both telcos already operate metaverse services. SKT has its ‘ifland’ service, with around 1.5 million monthly active users, while NTT DOCOMO announced its ‘XR World’ earlier this year, which can be accessed from a web browser.

In October, NTT DOCOMO formed a $412 million unit called Qonoq that is…