On the Record · KT
KT competitors, on the record
The companies KT names as competitors in its annual reports, 2023 to 2025, and the companies that name KT, each with the sentence and the filing.
Who KT names
| Company | Named in |
|---|---|
| Kakao Corp. | 2025 |
| LG U+ | 2025 |
| SK Telecom | 2025 |
In its own words
Kakao Corp.
Word for word“To a lesser extent, we also compete with various value-added service providers and network service providers as classified under the Framework Act on Telecommunications and the Telecommunications Business Act, including MVNOs that lease mobile networks and offer mobile services, VoIP service providers that offer 2 Table of Contents Internet telephone services, cable TV operators, text messaging service providers (particularly Kakao Corp. (“Kakao”)) and voice resellers, many of which offer competing services at lower prices.” 20-F for 2025
LG U+, SK Telecom
Word for word“As we continue to compete with SK Telecom and LG U+ to improve network quality, introduce new services and accommodate increased data usage of subscribers, we may incur significant expenses to acquire additional bandwidth licenses and incur significant capital expenditures to build out and improve our network.” 20-F for 2025
Who names KT
Companies whose own annual reports name KT as a competitor.
Word for word“Historically, there has been considerable consolidation in the telecommunications industry, resulting in the current competitive landscape comprising three mobile and fixed network operators in the Korean market, KT, LG U+ and us.” 20-F for 2025
Read from KT’s annual reports (20-F for 2025, 20-F for 2024, 20-F for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-04-29. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.