{ "schemaVersion": 1, "organisationId": "O-3c41e10fad8a4219ae0896bb914b69b3", "slug": "kt-corp", "name": "KT CORP", "updatedAt": "2026-10-03T21:57:32.855176Z", "sections": [ { "type": "OVERVIEW", "text": "KT Corporation is a South Korean telecommunications and technology company. Its core businesses include mobile and fixed-line communications, broadband, IPTV, media and content, IT and network services, and cloud services. The company also aims to develop AI-enabled services as an “AX (AI Transformation) platform company.” [P153167148][P153167149][P153167160]\n\nKT’s stated mission is to provide innovative telecommunications and convergence services based on ICT while promoting national benefit. Its business is centered in South Korea, with overseas operations and subsidiaries in several Asian markets. [https://corp.kt.com/eng/html/intro/main.html][https://corp.kt.com/eng/html/global/overview/global_presence.html][T17640375][T17640377][T17640379]\n\nFor the year ended December 31, 2025, KT reported operating revenue of ₩28.548 trillion. At year-end, it served approximately 29 million mobile subscribers in Korea, in addition to substantial fixed-line and broadband customer bases. [P153167165][P153167162][P153167163][P153167164]\n[P153167148][P153167149][P153167160][T17640375][T17640377][T17640379][P153167165][P153167162][P153167163][P153167164][https://corp.kt.com/eng/html/intro/main.html][https://corp.kt.com/eng/html/global/overview/global_presence.html]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-03T21:57:32.855176Z" }, { "type": "PRODUCTS", "text": "KT Corp’s 2025 revenue mix included mobile services (26.6%), fixed-line and VoIP telephone services (3.9%), broadband Internet (9.4%), data communications (4.9%), media and content (10.8%), financial services (12.2%), and sale of goods (17.0%). These are broad reporting categories; individual product revenue shares are not disclosed in the cited breakdown. [T17640294]\n\nMobile services span 5G, 4G LTE and 3G W-CDMA; KT describes 5G as offering faster transmission and lower latency. [P153167174][P153167175] Fixed-line products include local, long-distance and international telephone services, VoIP calling over broadband, and broadband brands KT Internet and KT GiGA Internet. KT WiFi provides hotspot wireless access integrated with its fixed services. Its network uses ADSL in some services and is being upgraded to fiber-to-the-home (FTTH). [P153167189][P153167190][P153167206][P153167209][P153167211] Business data offerings include dedicated point-to-point lines and Kornet, which provides institutional customers dedicated broadband, Internet-backbone access and router installation; satellite services include transponder leasing, broadcasting, video distribution and data communications. [P153167213][P153167214]\n\nMedia offerings include Genie tv, an IPTV service with HD video-on-demand, real-time broadcasting and UHD programming, as well as GiGA genie, which combines IPTV set-top-box functionality with AI and voice recognition. Other named services include Genie music streaming and downloads, STAYG live music streaming, giftishow mobile gift cards and Blice web novels and comics. [P153167218][P153167222][P153167226][P153167228][P153167231][P153167234] BC Card provides merchant payment processing, card-operation services for financial institutions, credit and check cards, card and consumer loans, corporate lending and real-estate project-finance loans. [P153167242][P153167244] kt cloud offers data-center colocation, interconnection, data-center design and operation, managed IT equipment, private-cloud computing, content delivery networking and a marketplace for partner SaaS products. 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[T17640375][T17640377][T17640379]\n\nKT’s official locations page lists an Uzbekistan corporation and Tashkent office, a Samarkand branch, a Hong Kong corporation in Causeway Bay, and a Vietnam office in Hanoi with a branch in Dong Hoi. [https://m.corp.kt.com/eng/html/intro/info/locations_05.html] KT’s 2025 ESG report gives a total of 16,927 employees as of December 31, 2024, but the sources reviewed do not specify their geographic distribution. 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Finance generated ₩3,387.8bn (11.9%), primarily through BC Card’s card-processing and merchant-payment network, operational outsourcing and related financial services [T17640568][P153167612][P153167240][P153167242]. Satellite TV generated ₩686.9bn (2.4%); KT identifies KT Skylife and its ownership of cable operator KT HCN in this business [T17640568][P153167619][P153167216].\n\nReal estate generated ₩686.4bn (2.4%), with apartment presales and hotel operations identified among its revenue activities [T17640568][P153167631]. Others generated ₩10,455.6bn (36.6%) and includes information-technology and network services such as data centers and systems integration [T17640568][P153167639][P153167256]. Shares are approximate calculations against consolidated revenue of ₩28,547.9bn; segment revenues are before intersegment eliminations, so percentages do not add to 100% [T17640568][T17640312].\n[T17640568][P153167602][P153169136][P153167612][P153167240][P153167242][P153167619][P153167216][P153167631][P153167639][P153167256][T17640312]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-03T21:57:32.855176Z" }, { "type": "HISTORY", "text": "KT was established by the South Korean government in 1981 as Korea Telecom and began operations in 1982, taking over telecommunications operations previously run directly by the state. In 1987, it reached 10 million wired telephone lines, a major milestone in expanding access to fixed-line service. [P153167142][https://corp.kt.com/data/kthome/eng/social/csrReport/csr03/ENG_kt%20Integrated%20Report%202015_151221.pdf]\n\nIn 1997, KT became a commercial corporation with greater operating autonomy, while its affiliate KTF began nationwide PCS mobile service. The company adopted the name KT Corporation in 2002, the year its privatization program included a government share exchange. [P153167142][https://corp.kt.com/eng/data/kthome/eng/ir/finance06/ir_2002_eng_04.pdf] In 2009, KT merged with KTF, bringing its mobile affiliate into the parent company. [https://corp.kt.com/eng/data/kthome/eng/ir/finance06/ir_2009_eng_03.pdf]\n\nKT commercially launched 5G mobile services in 2019. In 2022, it spun off its data-center business to establish kt cloud. 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