SK Telecom Americas, the South Korean mobile operator’s US incubator, has closed its employer wellness service, according to Mobihealthnews. The operator had been developing the service called Yeswell for three years but has decided not to go ahead with a commercial launch, according to the story.

The service was to be targeted at the corporate market by helping employers reduce their healthcare costs. The idea behind the proposed service was to monitor employees through real-time data so giving a picture of individual health. The service included a smart pedometer that aggregates data wirelessly from health and biometric monitors and uploads to a central database.

A beta version of the service had been developed with a commercial version planned for launch in early 2012.  The launch did not happen. The story quotes a former SK Telecom Americas executive who said the operator had a May 25 deadline for finding a buyer for Yeswell. The same executive said the incubator spent US$9.5 million on developing the platform.

Elsewhere SK Telecom is an enthusiastic backer of health services. It launched mobile health services domestically at the start of 2012. The operator told Mobile Health Live shortly afterwards that it was looking at other such services outside South Korea although the markets it specifically mentioned (China, Indonesia and Taiwan) were elsewhere in Asia.