SK Telecom, a publicly owned company headquartered in South Korea, founded in 1984, operates with approximately 7,530 employees and reported $12.0B in revenue as of 2025. The company functions as a South Korean wireless telecommunications operator and former film distributor, and is part of the SK Group. It holds a 50.5 percent share of the local market as of 2008 and is the largest wireless carrier in South Korea, with 27.019 million subscribers as of Q4 2017.
SK Telecom recently surpassed its dot-com peak, a significant contrast to competitors KT and LG Uplus, which continue to lag with deep losses. This development occurs as telecoms, including SK Telecom, are increasingly being asked to carry national AI ambitions in Asia. Previously, on April 1, 2026, SK Telecom and NTT DOCOMO INC. jointly published a white paper detailing key enabling features for vRAN evolution and outlining the path to AI-RAN, representing the latest outcome of their ongoing technical cooperation.
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