SK Telecom this week announced details of its 5G network along with 5G price plans and services.
SK Telecom said it has built a total of 34,000 units of 5G base stations. The company rolled out its 5G network in data traffic-concentrated areas, including main areas of 85 cities nationwide (Seoul, six metropolitan cities, etc.), university districts, KTX, sports stadiums, expressways, subway lines (Seoul and Seoul Metropolitan Area) and beaches. In particular, it is expanding in-building coverage centered around 120 department stores, shopping malls and airports throughout the nation.
SK Telecom also introduced 5GX price plans that the company will be launching tomorrow. 5GX price plans consist of four different plans.
- ‘Slim’ offers 8GB of data (1Mbps speed after data cap) at KRW 55,000 per month and ‘5GX Standard’ comes with 150GB of data (5Mbps after data cap) at KRW 75,000 per month.
- Those who subscribe to ‘5GX Prime’ or ‘5GX Platinum’ until the end of June 2019 will be able to use unlimited data without speed restrictions at KRW 89,000 and KRW 125,000 per month, respectively.
Without this promotion, ‘5GX Prime’ will offer 200GB of data at KRW 95,000 per month, and ‘5GX Platinum’ will provide 300 GB of data at KRW 125,000 per month. (Unlimited data will be provided until the end of December 2019).
Park Jung-ho, CEO, SK Telecom
The AR, VR and cloud games unveiled today only mark the beginning of the age of Hyper-Innovation brought by 5G. SK Telecom will continue to introduce 5G-based innovative services to lead all areas of New ICT.
