SK Telecom is running a discount promotion that includes additional roaming data to coincide with a holiday period and the summer vacation season.

The promotion runs from April 23 to Aug. 21. Customers who sign up for the baro plan will receive up to an additional 16GB of data at the same price. Even after using all of the included data, they can continue using data at a faster speed than before, up to 1 Mbps.

The promotion applies to 4 plans starting from the 'baro 6GB' plan and to 4 plans starting from the 'baro YT 7GB' plan, which is available to customers aged 34 and under.

Among the eligible plans, the 'baro 48GB' and 'baro YT 49GB' are new plans SKT is introducing for heavy data users. During the promotion period, an additional 16GB of data is provided, allowing customers to use them as baro 64GB and baro YT 65GB, respectively. The two plans cost 99,000 won for 30 days and allow continued use at up to 1 Mbps after the included data is used up.

SKT is also running a 'First Roaming 70 percent discount' promotion for customers in their 20s and 30s who are using roaming for the first time or after a long time. It applies to customers born from 1986 to 2006 who have no record of using T Roaming in the past 36 months. Eligible customers can use baro and baro YT plans once at a price discounted by 70 percent from the regular price.

If a customer in their 20s or 30s who is using roaming for the first time chooses the 'baro YT 9GB (previously baro YT 7GB)' plan, they can use it for 11,700 won with the 70 percent discount. By paying an additional 3,000 won, they can share data with family for a total of 14,700 won, bringing the perceived cost to about 4,900 won per person for a family of 3.

Baro plan customers can use voice calls between South Korea and the local country for free through the 'baro call' feature on the A. Phone app. Sending and receiving text messages is also available without additional charges. Through T membership, customers can also receive benefits worth 50,000 won, including a free 1GB data top-up and discounts on airport buses, lounges and food and beverage.

Yoon Jae-woong (윤재웅), head of the Product & Brand Division at SKT, said the company prepared the promotion to help customers use roaming services more reasonably as demand for overseas travel increases. He said SKT would continue to work to provide differentiated services and benefits.