SKT Restructures into 7 Divisions to Strengthen Telecommunications and AI

Reorganization into 3 Telecom Divisions + 4 AI Divisions
Strengthening Synergy in B2B Business with SKB and SKC&C
Three Young Talents Newly Appointed... "Will Show Results"

SK Telecom announced on the 5th that it will reorganize the company into a seven-division structure by 2025, focusing on telecommunications and artificial intelligence (AI) as its two main pillars.

Yoo Young-sang, CEO of SKT, stated, "We will make 2025 a year of execution by concentrating the company's capabilities around telecommunications and AI to achieve visible results in core business areas," adding, "In this organizational restructuring and executive appointments, we focused on reorganizing the organization into an execution-oriented system to achieve our vision, while concentrating capabilities on business and field operations such as telecommunications and AI."

The seven divisions consist of telecommunications-related departments: the MNO (Mobile Network Operator) Division, B Wireline/Media Division, Enterprise Division; and AI business departments: the A.Dot Division, GPAA (Global Personal AI Agent) Division, AIX Division, and AI DC (Data Center) Division.

In particular, the B2B business departments have been reorganized into the Enterprise Division, AIX Division, and AI DC Division to specialize by area and strengthen synergy with SK Group affiliates such as SKB and SK C&C.

The Enterprise Division handles B2B-oriented businesses such as messaging, advertising & data, PASS & authentication, and payment services. The AIX Division leverages the capabilities of SKB and SK C&C to create AI utilization cases within the group, including AI work innovation, AI intelligence, AIX cloud, and AI factory, and promotes expansion into global and domestic markets. The AI DC Division operates AI data center and GPU cloud services (GPUaaS).

The supporting departments are organized into shared infrastructure and staff groups. The shared infrastructure group includes the Network Infrastructure Center, AT/DT Center, (SK) AI R&D Center, and Global A&I (Alliance & Investment) Center.

The AI R&D Center supports business in AI-based technology areas such as AI modeling, vision AI, digital twin, and AI factory, and plans to provide integrated support for group-wide AI research and development (R&D). The AT/DT Center strengthens company-wide AT/DT execution capabilities through collaboration with SK C&C.

The staff group includes CGO (Compliance Center, CR Center, PR Center), Corporate Planning Center, B Corporate Center, Corporate Strategy Center, and HR Center.

The overall organizational levels have also been reduced to four stages. Business division organizations are designated as 'Headquarters,' support organizations such as staff are designated as 'Offices,' and R&D organizations are designated as 'Labs' to clearly distinguish their roles. The SKMS Practice Office, O/I Promotion Office, Customer Value Innovation Office, and ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) Promotion Office are organized directly under the CEO.

In line with the policy to strengthen competitiveness in telecommunications and AI technologies, three new executives, mainly young talents, were newly appointed. The new executives are Kang Eun-kyung, Head of MNO Planning Headquarters of the MNO Division; Ryu Tak-gi, Head of Infrastructure Technology Headquarters at the Network Infrastructure Center; and Cho Jung-min, Head of AI DC Planning Headquarters at the SKB AI DC Division.

Three executives newly transferred to SKT?Park Jun, Head of AI Intelligence Business Headquarters and AIX Tech Headquarters; Kim Do-yeop, Head of Compliance Legal Office and Secretary of the Board; and Kim Min-ho, Head of HR Center?will also lead the newly reorganized departments.