Bae Joon-dong, President of Network Operation Business of SK Telecom said, "With the commercialization of HD Voice, SK Telecom firmly establishes itself as top LTE service provider in terms of market share, network infrastructure and technology. Going forward, SK Telecom will continue to provide customers with innovative, lifestyle-enhancing LTE services including those that utilize HD Voice."

Kim Kwang-soo (age 35) and Hong Ok-jung (age 23) became the first and second buyer of HD Voice-compatible Galaxy S3 LTE and began experiencing HD Voice over SK Telecom's nationwide LTE network

The company has begun selling HD Voice-capable Galaxy S3 LTE devices and will offer firmware upgrades for existing users of Galaxy S3 LTE within this month. In addition SK Telecom plans to embed HD Voice as a basic feature in most of its LTE smartphones to be released in the future.