Family Roaming is a service provided by SK Telecom, the leading telecommunications company in South Korea, which allows families to share data roaming services when traveling abroad. SKT Family Roaming 

SK Telecom’s Family Roaming service has seen significant success within a year of its launch, with 530,000 households and 1.26 million users taking advantage of it. The service is particularly popular among roaming households, with over 75% opting for it.

The Family Roaming service can be accessed by one family member subscribing to SK Telecom’s “Baro” roaming service, upon paying an additional 3,000 won (approximately $2.33) for its membership. The service has been expanded to offer, in addition to voice calls, wireless Internet services.

While abroad, customers can expect to encounter the ‘Interactive SMS Automatic Roaming’ service, available in Guam and Saipan starting from June 15th. For additional help with roaming assistance, customers may call +1 866-210-8098, a toll-free number.

When considering mobile plans, SK Telecom offers a range of options, including “Basic” and “Slim” plans, which come with generous data bundles and also support data sharing and tethering. Prepaid SIM cards or renting a pocket WiFi device are additional options for tourists in South Korea for longer stays.

SKT’s International Automatic Roaming Service

Last year, SK Telecom announced the launch of the Automatic Roaming Service in the central region of Thailand (Bangkok, Pattaya, and Cosamet) and the entire Island of Saipan. These are areas that Korean tourists frequently visit for their vacations.
Starting on the 21st of May 2003, 017/011 customers can enjoy cellular service in the above areas using the same number and handset they used in Korea.

SK Telecom is the only company in Korea that is offering International Automatic Roaming Service. After beginning the service in Australia in September of 2000, the company has continued to expand the CDMA Automatic Roaming Service into the U.S., Japan, China, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and many other countries. Now the company has added these service areas in Thailand and Saipan.

SKT Family Roaming 
Statistically, three out of four 011/017 customers who visit overseas countries, are now able to enjoy Automatic Roaming Service.
Of the total number of Korean visitors to overseas countries in the year 2002, as revealed by the Korean National Tourism Organization, the number of Korean visitors to China was (27%), Japan (20%), U.S. (10%, including Saipan), Thailand (9%), Hong Kong(3%), Canada(2%), Australia (2%), New Zealand(1%), Guam (1%).
These SK Telecom’s Automatic Roaming Service areas provided service for 75% of all of Korea’s visitors to foreign countries.

To use this service in Thailand and Saipan Island, the cellular handsets that are used in Korea require a menu setting that allows the handset to receive the local mobile phone companies’ frequency.
Once the customers get a roaming service guide from SK Telecom’s Automatic Roaming Customer Center, or from the International Roaming Center and Leaders Club Lounge at the Incheon International Airport, they can simply make necessary changes, and operate the cellular handset menu on their own. SKT Family Roaming 

When SK Telecom customers make cellular calls in Thailand and Saipan Island, they press the area code and phone number for local calls and press the international call carriers’ number, country code, area code, and phone number for international calls.