SK Telecom to enter Australian pet clinics market in H1

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. announced on Tuesday that it has signed a commercial contract with ATX Medical Solutions, Australia's largest medical device distributor, to launch its AI pet diagnostic assistant service X Caliber.

X Caliber, first launched in South Korea in September 2022, utilizes AI to assist veterinarians in diagnosing diseases through the analysis of pet X-ray images. 

ATX plans to introduce X Caliber to the Australian market by linking up with its cloud software ITX PACS.

SK Telecom expects that X Caliber will be utilized in over 300 animal hospitals in Australia, where ITX PACS is already in use, as early as the first half of this year.

Write to Seung-Woo Lee at leeswoo@hankyung.com