SK Telecom, the largest mobile carrier in South Korea, has partnered with Aptos and Atomrigs Lab to develop its web3 wallet service, known as T-wallet.
The Korean telecom company said this in an email today LinkedIn message that the tripartite partnership aims to strengthen these relationships with customer-preferred mainnets and decentralized applications – with a focus on T-wallet.
SK Telecom noted that the partnership with Aptos will be the first non-Ethereum virtual machine blockchain integration.
“We will also provide users with tangible value by connecting to the promising dApp ecosystem within Aptos,” the company added. “Leveraging the innovative MoveVM blockchain technology offered by Aptos, this integration represents a significant advancement in making Web3 services more accessible to a broader audience,”
“I look forward to unlocking new types of internet experiences (with blockchain in the background) through Move, sub-second latency, best-in-class throughput and enterprise-grade operations,” said Avery Ching, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Aptos , said in an X after.
Bullish on Web3
The collaboration with Aptos follows that of SK Telecom partnership with CryptoQuant last month for the launch of T-wallet. The wallet product is designed to give users access to a blockchain-based application on their phones to store tokens, according to CoinDesk.
In August SK Telecom collaborated with Polygon Labs to develop its web3 ecosystem.