KT CORPORATION

This company is primarily engaged in the provision of communication services. Incorporated in January 1982, it was formerly known as Korea Telecom Corp. It trades on the Korea Stock Exchange under the ticker code 030200. The company's head office is located in Seongnam-si, South Korea.The company offers telephone services, which includes local and domestic long-distance, and international long-distance fixed-line telephone services, as well as interconnection services to other telecommunications companies. It also provides broadband Internet access services, including xDSL and FTTH services under the Megapass brand name; fiber-optic cable-based services under the Ntopia brand name; wireless LAN services under the Nespot brand name (which is designed to integrate fixed-line and wireless services by offering high speed wireless Internet access to laptops and personal digital assistants); and WiBro Internet access services that enables two-way wireless broadband Internet access to portable computers, mobile phones, and other portable devices at a speed up to one Mbps.In addition, the company provides secure broadband Internet connection services to institutional customers under the Kornet brand name. It offers PCS services, a digital wireless telephone and data transmission system that uses portable handsets with long battery life to communicate via low-power antennae; data communication services that allow point-to-point connection for voice and data traffic between two or more geographically separate points; and satellite service.Furthermore, the company provides other miscellaneous services composing integrated information technology and network services, including consulting, designing, building and maintaining systems, and communication networks for its customers in the public and the private sector; and KTH services that consist of development of on-line contents, including on-line games and video-on-demand, as well as operation of paran.com, a portal site.