SKT Holds 'Best Partner Awards Ceremony'... Provides 805.8 Billion KRW Support to Partners

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[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Su-yeon] SK Telecom announced on the 26th that it held the '2022 Best Partner Awards Ceremony' to express gratitude to business partners who have grown together and achieved outstanding results throughout the year, and to discuss future co-growth plans.

The event was attended by excellent partner companies, SKT CEO Yoo Young-gang, and other key executives. In addition, Oh Young-kyo, Chairman of the Co-Growth Committee, attended to commemorate SKT’s selection for the 10th consecutive year as the top grade in the Co-Growth Index evaluation.

SKT selected a total of 33 companies with excellent collaboration performance and contribution to co-growth this year and awarded them the Best Partner Award. Awarded companies are provided with opportunities for overseas training for their employees and support rights for interest-free loan programs.

SKT has subdivided the award categories to expand opportunities for partners to receive awards, including ▲ the 'Synergy' category for outstanding business performance ▲ the 'Partnership' category for exemplary ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management ▲ the 'Rookie' category for new partners who have achieved excellent results ▲ and the ‘T-B One Team’ category for collaboration achievements with SK Broadband, thereby promoting systematic co-growth in various ways.

At the event, SKT signed a ‘Polarization Resolution Voluntary Agreement’ with the Co-Growth Committee and UNGEL. Based on this agreement, SKT plans to support approximately KRW 805.8 billion by 2024 in areas such as ▲ purchasing SME products ▲ finance ▲ recruitment and education.

Meanwhile, SKT received the top grade for the 10th consecutive year in the '2021 Co-Growth Index Evaluation' announced by the Co-Growth Committee last September. Only two companies, including SKT, have received the top grade for more than 10 consecutive years, and SKT was also selected as an honorary top company.

Kim Jin-won, SKT Chief Financial Officer (CFO), said, "SK Telecom is striving to grow together through strong cooperation with business partners despite the rapidly changing management environment," adding, "We will continue to take the lead in creating an ecosystem where we can co-grow with various partners."

Oh Young-kyo, Chairman of the Co-Growth Committee, said, “SK Telecom is an honorary top company that has received the top grade in the Co-Growth Index for 10 consecutive years. We appreciate their participation in the agreement once again following 2019,” and added, “We hope that through this opportunity, a co-growth culture will spread throughout the telecommunications industry by conducting joint research and development (R&D) with partner SMEs to localize telecommunications equipment.”

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