06 November 2019

South Korean telecom firm KT has inked roaming agreements with Italy’s TIM, Switzerland’s Sunrise and Finland’s Elisa, which would allow its 5G subscribers to use the 5G networks provided by the three European players. 

KT already has existing agreements with operators in 185 countries for 3G and LTE roaming and is now planning to extend those contracts to 5G as soon as 5G services go live in those nations.

It has a similar agreement with China Mobile – though services have not been launched yet. 

The price for customers during the 5G launch would be KRW55,000 per month and will have 8GB roaming data internationally.

Subscribers paying KRW80,000 per month will enjoy unlimited roaming data.

Premium customers will pay KRW130,000 per month for an increased speed limit. 

Park Hyun-jin, managing director of KT’s 5G business division, said: “KT is leading the roaming market with ‘Super Plan’, the first full data unlimited plan introduced in the industry with the commercialisation of 5G. We will continue to expand our service to other travel destinations.”