SK Telecom is working with South Korea's regulators to halt new 3G subscriptions.

As reported by South Korean publication Chosun Biz, the carrier is holding talks to end its 3G service in the country.

Chosun Biz reports that the telco has notified the Ministry of Science and ICT of its plan to stop new 3G subscriptions from next month.

In order for the carrier to retire its legacy 3G mobile network, SK Telecom needs to first halt new subscriptions on this network.

The company will instead encourage users to migrate to other services such as LTE or IoT lines, as the carrier also focuses more heavily on its 4G and 5G mobile networks.

"We are discussing the suspension of new 3G subscriptions at the request of SK Telecom," said an official at the Ministry of Science and ICT.

SK Telecom previously retired its 2G mobile service back in 2020, around 17 months after it stopped 2G subscriptions in February 2019.

As of April, Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT said the number of domestic 3G mobile phone lines stood at 346,011, which accounts for 0.6 of total mobile lines in the country.