SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications firm, said Thursday that a ‘Smart Green Kitchen,’ a digital transformation (DX) platform tailored to the needs of food businesses, has been added to the newly opened 5km Kitchen, a shared kitchen in Seoul’s Seodaemun District. A shared kitchen rents out cooking [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Wednesday that it had developed new technology that prevents smartphone eavesdropping through the use of quantum encrypted voice data. The new technology enables the use of quantum encryption technology without a physical scrambler device. A scrambler is a device that [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean telecom operators KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. said Wednesday they invested a total of 26 billion won (US$23.1 million) for a minority stake in the homegrown app market ONE store, bolstering the smaller local rival to Google’s Play store. KT has invested 21 billion won [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said it will launch an artificial intelligence (AI) service for a postpartum clinic in Gangseo District, Seoul. The company realized the non-face-to-face service by using technologies and solutions employed in its AI Hotel service. Guests of the postpartum clinic can request [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of consumers stayed indoors and enjoyed home entertainment over the Lunar New Year holiday. KT Corp., major South Korean telecommunications giant, analyzed the usage patterns of its artificial intelligence (AI) speaker Giga Genie, which showed that the speaker’s usage rose by 37.7 percent during the holidays [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – KT Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Tuesday it shifted to a net profit during the final quarter of last year on the back of growing 5G users. Net income reached 39.1 billion won (US$35 million) in the October-December period on a consolidated basis, compared with a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Thursday it will launch a content production company to serve as the company’s overarching control tower for its growing media businesses. The mobile carrier said KT Studio Genie will oversee planning and distribution of media content developed by its range [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Wednesday it has started testing standalone 5G on its commercial network in its latest push for 5G technology. Currently, South Korean mobile carriers operate the non-standalone version of the latest generation network, requiring support from the previous 4G LTE network. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp, major South Korean telecommunications giant, said Friday it has agreed to sell its radio communications business affiliate to local security equipment maker IDIS Ltd. KT said the company will sell its 44.85 percent stake in KT powertel Co. to IDIS for 40.6 billion won (US$36.7 million). IDIS [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s telecommunications giant, announced Thursday the introduction of a new artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics-based digital service for all 190 guest rooms at Daegu Marriott Hotel. KT AI Hotel is a contact-free service that allows hotel guests to control the lights, home appliances, music, and hail [...]