SK Telecom plans to greatly improve 3G network performance and promote early commercialization of the next-generation LTE technology.

SK Telecom's  President and CEO Jung Man-Won today announced that company plans to build next-generation networks in order to proactively respond to customers' rising need for high-speed data service.

SK Telecom has decided to commercialize 4G LTE in an early manner. It will provide commercial LTE services in Seoul in 2011 and plans to expand the service to the Seoul Metropolitan Area and 6 Metropolitan Cities in 2012 and guarantees a nationwide coverage by 2013.

SK Telecom plans to launch 'data modem handsets' in 2011 and '2-Chip handsets' - i.e. devices compatible for both 3G and LTE - in 2012.

The company has already successfully conducted LTE field test and secured enough technological capabilities for the commercialization of LTE.

SK Telecom also announced to bring fundamental changes to the Korean telecommunication landscape with its bold offerings like unlimited data service and m-VoIP.

Unlimited data service is expected to bring fundamental changes to the wireless Internet landscape as it removes the inconvenience of searching for places with Wi-Fi connection.