SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of November 2020
Commission File Number 1-14926
KT Corporation
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
90, Buljeong-ro,
Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si,
Gyeonggi-do,
Korea
(Address of principal executive offices)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: November 6, 2020 | ||
KT Corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Seunghoon Chi | |
Name: | Seunghoon Chi | |
Title: | Vice President | |
By: | /s/ Youngkyoon Yun | |
Name: | Youngkyoon Yun | |
Title: | Director |
KT 3Q20 Earnings Release November 6, 2020 | Investor Relations KT
Disclaimer This presentation has been prepared by KT Corp.(the “Company”) in accordance with K-IFRS. This presentation contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. This presentation is being presented solely for your information and is subject to change without notice. No presentation or warranty, expressed or implied, is made and no reliance should be placed on the accuracy, actuality, fairness, or completeness of the information presented. The Company has applied new accounting standard of K-IFRS 1115 as of Jan 1st, 2018 and K-IFRS 1116 ‘Leases’ as of Jan 1st, 2019. There are no obligation to apply the new standard to previous financial statements. The Company, its affiliates or representatives accept no liability whatsoever for any losses arising from any information contained in the presentation. This presentation does not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase or subscribe for any shares of the Company, and no part of this presentation shall form the Basis of or be relied upon in connection with any contract or commitment. Any decision to purchase shares of the Company could be made solely on the Basis of information, which has been publicly filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Korea Stock Exchange and distributed to all investors. The contents of this presentation may not be reproduced, redistributed or passed on, directly or indirectly, to any other person or published, in whole or in part, for any purpose. If you have any related questions to this material, please contact IR department. Tel : +82-2-3495-3557, 3254, 3564, 5344 Fax : +82-2-3495-5917 2
1 Financial highlights 2 Business Overview 3 Appendix 3
K-IFRS / Consolidated 1 Income Statement â^™ Service revenue up +0.8% YoY due to the growth in Wireless/IPTV/B2B biz whereas Total revenue down -3.4% YoY with decrease in Handset sales â^™ Net income up +7.9%, Operating income down -6.4% - KT Separate OP: KRW 206.8 billion (YoY +4.6%) / Affiliates’ OP contributed: KRW 85.6 billion (YoY -25.4%) (Unit: KRW bn) 3Q19 2Q20 3Q20 QoQ YoY 19 YTD 20 YTD YoY Operating Revenue 6,213.7 5,876.5 6,001.2 2.1% -3.4% 18,146.6 17,709.4 -2.4% Service Revenue 5,199.6 5,196.6 5,240.0 0.8% 0.8% 15,480.3 15,543.6 0.4% Handset Revenue 1,014.1 679.9 761.2 12.0% -24.9% 2,666.3 2,165.8 -18.8% Operating Expense 5,901.2 5,534.7 5,708.8 3.1% -3.3% 17,143.8 16,692.1 -2.6% Operating Income 312.5 341.8 292.4 -14.5% -6.4% 1,002.8 1,017.3 1.4% Margin 5.0% 5.8% 4.9% -0.9%p -0.1%p 5.5% 5.7% 0.2%p Margin* 6.0% 6.6% 5.6% -1.0%p -0.4%p 6.5% 6.5% 0.1%p Turned to Turned to Deficit Non-op. Income/Loss -42.2 -34.0 22.0 -51.2 -27.9 Black Black Decreased Income before taxes 270.3 307.9 314.3 2.1% 16.3% 951.6 989.4 4.0% Net Income 213.3 207.6 230.1 10.8% 7.9% 676.1 664.2 -1.8% Margin 3.4% 3.5% 3.8% 0.3%p 0.4%p 3.7% 3.8% 0.1%p EBITDA 1,209.8 1,252.6 1,197.1 -4.4% -1.1% 3,710.7 3,745.6 0.9% Margin 19.5% 21.3% 19.9% -1.4%p 0.4%p 20.4% 21.2% 0.8%p 4 ? OP Margin* = Operating Income/Service Revenue
K-IFRS / Consolidated 2 Operating Expenses (Unit: KRW bn) 3Q19 2Q20 3Q20 QoQ YoY 19 YTD 20 YTD YoY Operating Expenses 5,901.2 5,534.7 5,708.8 3.1% -3.3% 17,143.8 16,692.1 -2.6% Labor Cost 959.4 983.7 1,082.3 10.0% 12.8% 2,949.3 3,069.9 4.1% General Expense 2,433.5 2,343.3 2,386.9 1.9% -1.9% 7,219.9 6,989.7 -3.2% - Depreciation 897.4 910.8 904.8 -0.7% 0.8% 2,707.9 2,728.3 0.8% Cost of Service Provided 759.1 833.0 823.9 -1.1% 8.5% 2,156.4 2,416.1 12.0% Selling Expense 592.3 587.4 614.3 4.6% 3.7% 1,778.4 1,753.3 -1.4% Cost of Handset sold 1,156.9 787.3 801.4 1.8% -30.7% 3,039.8 2,463.1 -19.0% ï,§ Selling Expense (KT Separate) (Unit: KRW bn) 3Q19 2Q20 3Q20 QoQ YoY 19 YTD 20 YTD YoY Selling Expense 620.3 618.9 641.9 3.7% 3.5% 1,813.6 1,836.6 1.3% 5
K-IFRS / Consolidated 3 Financial Position (Unit: KRW bn) 3Q 19 2Q 20 3Q 20 QoQ YoY Assets 33,661.3 34,003.4 35,860.5 5.5% 6.5% Cash & Cash Equivalents 2,128.4 2,942.2 2,990.9 1.7% 40.5% Liabilities 18,430.1 18,629.6 20,204.0 8.5% 9.6% Borrowings 6,408.3 7,987.6 7,850.9 -1.7% 22.5% Equity 15,231.1 15,373.8 15,656.5 1.8% 2.8% Capital Stock 1,564.5 1,564.5 1,564.5 0.0% 0.0% Net Debt 4,279.9 5,045.4 4,860.0 -3.7% 13.6% Debt / Equity 121.0% 121.2% 129.0% 7.8%p 8.0%p Net Debt / Equity 28.1% 32.8% 31.0% -1.8%p 2.9%p 125.6% 124.3% 129.0% 123.1% 121.0% 121.2% 116.5% Debt/Equity Net Debt/Equity 32.9% 37.6% 32.8% 27.3% 26.7% 28.1% 31.0% 1Q 19 2Q 19 3Q 19 4Q 19 1Q 20 2Q 20 3Q 20 6
K-IFRS / Separate 4 CAPEX • FY2020 CAPEX guidance 3.1 trillion won and 1.78 trillion won executed till 3Q20 - Access Network 1,013.9bn, Backbone Network 246.9bn, B2B communications 321.5bn, others 201.8bn (Unit: KRW bn) 3,711 Access Network 3,313 Backbone Network 3,257 B2B Others 2,514 2,397 2,359 2,475 2,250 1,870 1,977 2,199 1,784 1,362 1,133 1,316 1,196 1,035 1,014 466 476 452 428 241 492 497 408 448 261 247 394 517 367 736 362 298 322 305 499 330 227 258 259 284 189 202 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 YTD 7
1 Financial Highlights 2 Business Overview 3 Appendix 8
K-IFRS / Separate 1 KT - Wireless â^™ Wireless service revenue up by +0.6% YoY with net addition of MNO subs despite the roaming sales decline affected by COVID-19 pandemic â^™ Total number of 5G subscribers reached 2.81 million (20% of Handset subscribers) in 3Q20 (Unit: KRW bn) 3Q19 2Q20 3Q20 QoQ YoY 19 YTD 20 YTD YoY Wireless 1,726.4 1,722.5 1,742.1 1.1% 0.9% 5,141.7 5,200.3 1.1% Service 1,626.0 1,615.5 1,636.2 1.3% 0.6% 4,835.7 4,884.1 1.0% Interconnection 100.4 107.0 105.9 -1.0% 5.5% 306.0 316.2 3.3% 21,922 21,976 22,133 22,333 Subscribers 21,333 21,549 21,771 20,920 21,120 (Unit: Thousands) 419 1,055 1,419 1,778 2,237 2,812 5G 14,090 14,124 14,165 14,231 14,291 14,324 13,968 13,993 14,049 (5G incl.) Handset (5G incl.) (5G incl.) (5G incl.) (5G incl.) (5G incl.) 2nd Device/IoT MVNO 3,254 3,416 3,529 3,691 3,856 3,985 4,100 4,325 4,517 3,698 3,711 3,755 3,768 3,792 3,772 3,645 3,517 3,492 3Q18 4Q18 1Q19 2Q19 3Q19 4Q19 1Q20 2Q20 3Q20 9
K-IFRS / Separate 2 KT – Fixed Line/IPTV â^™ Telephony and Broadband revenue down -7.0% and -0.3% YoY, respectively â^™ IPTV revenue up +11.9% YoY with subs increase and contract renewal of Home shopping transmission fee (Unit: KRW bn) 3Q19 2Q20 3Q20 QoQ YoY 19 YTD 20 YTD YoY Telephony 397.0 372.2 369.2 -0.8% -7.0% 1,198.0 1,113.9 -7.0% Broadband 500.3 496.7 498.7 0.4% -0.3% 1,503.3 1,497.9 -0.4% IPTV 410.4 407.6 459.3 12.7% 11.9% 1,189.3 1,284.6 8.0% Broadband Subscriber IPTV Subscriber (Unit: Thousands) (Unit: Thousands) 9,043 9,130 8,687 8,849 8,904 8,962 8,962 8,559 8,782 8,351 8,422 7,966 8,113 8,229 62.1% 62.9% 63.4% 60.1% 61.0% 57.6% 59.0% 1Q19 2Q19 3Q19 4Q19 1Q20 2Q20 3Q20 1Q19 2Q19 3Q19 4Q19 1Q20 2Q20 3Q20 Subscribers % of GiGA ? Number of IPTV subscribers above deviates from MSIT’s released figure below following IPTV law - Number of KT pay TV subscriber is 7,377,514 in 2H 2019 (6 month average) 10
K-IFRS / Separate 3 KT – B2B and others â^™ B2B revenue up +0.8% YoY maintaining competitive advantage in IDC and expanding Cloud biz area toward public and finance sector (Unit: KRW bn) 3Q19 2Q20 3Q20 QoQ YoY 19 YTD 20 YTD YoY B2B 684.9 701.1 690.3 -1.5% 0.8% 1,993.2 2,066.2 3.7% Corporate Fixed Line 266.2 267.4 266.9 -0.2% 0.3% 795.3 801.8 0.8% Corporate IT/Solution 294.2 294.3 288.7 -1.9% -1.9% 846.0 852.5 0.8% AI/DX 124.6 139.4 134.7 -3.4% 8.1% 351.9 411.9 17.1% Real estate 46.8 43.1 45.4 5.3% -3.0% 137.0 134.3 -2.0% Handset revenue 939.8 596.4 715.5 20.0% -23.9% 2,436.0 1,992.0 -18.2% Composition of B2B Rev (‘20 YTD) Corp. IT/Solution 41.3% Corp. Lines Line lease, Kornet Corp. SI, Global ICT, Energy, Video security, etc. IT/Solution AI/DX IDC, Cloud, bizmeka, AI Platform, Corp. Lines AI/DX 19.9% Block chain, Smart mobility, etc. 38.8% 11
4 Major subsidiaries â^™ BC card and KT Estate’s revenue down by -0.6% and -39.4%, respectively, due to decreased usage of credit cards and slump in rental business, impacted by COVID-19 â^™ Contents subsidiaries revenue up +8.6% YoY with volume growth in Digital Ad and T-Commerce Sales Revenue (Unit: KRW bn) 3Q19 2Q20 3Q20 QoQ YoY 19 YTD 20 YTD YoY BC card 868.8 867.1 863.4 -0.4% -0.6% 2,615.1 2,530.0 -3.3% Skylife 182.3 177.7 176.6 -0.6% -3.1% 527.2 522.2 -0.9% Contents 178.7 182.1 194.0 6.5% 8.6% 515.1 554.0 7.5% subsidiaries KT estate 125.6 104.4 76.2 -27.0% -39.4% 355.4 287.3 -19.2% ? “Storywiz,” specialized in web fiction/web cartoon contents, included in Contents subsidiaries since 2Q 2020 105.6 114.7 OP contributed 97.1 (Unit: KRW bn) 94.4 89.1 85.6 83.5 by subsidiaries in total 1Q19 2Q19 3Q19 4Q19 1Q20 2Q20 3Q20 12
1 Financial Highlights 2 Business Overview 3 Appendix 13
1 K-IFRS Income Statement (Unit: KRW bn) Consolidated 1Q 19 2Q 19 3Q 19 4Q 19 2019 1Q 20 2Q 20 3Q 20 KT Separate 1Q 19 2Q 19 3Q 19 4Q 19 2019 1Q 20 2Q 20 3Q 20 Operating revenue 5,834.4 6,098.5 6,213.7 6,195.5 24,342.0 5,831.7 5,876.5 6,001.2 Operating revenue 4,334.3 4,558.5 4,705.7 4,606.218,204.7 4,429.1 4,339.6 4,520.5 Service revenue 5,055.5 5,225.2 5,199.6 5,289.8 20,770.0 5,107.0 5,196.6 5,240.0 Service revenue 3,645.4 3,751.3 3,765.9 3,768.514,931.0 3,749.0 3,743.2 3,805.0 Handset revenue 778.9 873.3 1,014.1 905.7 3,572.0 724.7 679.9 761.2 Handset revenue 688.9 807.3 939.8 837.8 3,273.7 680.1 596.4 715.5 Operating expense 5,432.3 5,810.3 5,901.2 6,047.2 23,191.0 5,448.6 5,534.7 5,708.8 Operating expense 4,037.8 4,367.4 4,508.0 4,552.317,465.5 4,129.5 4,086.9 4,313.7 Service expense 4,568.7 4,791.0 4,744.3 4,879.9 18,983.9 4,574.2 4,747.4 4,907.4 Service expense 3,325.3 3,493.6 3,504.9 3,551.713,875.5 3,368.7 3,444.5 3,571.2 Labor cost 983.8 1,006.1 959.4 1,001.8 3,951.1 1,003.9 983.7 1,082.3 Labor cost 543.6 573.7 528.5 537.5 2,183.2 555.1 535.4 629.2 General expense 2,327.1 2,459.3 2,433.5 2,579.7 9,799.6 2,259.5 2,343.3 2,386.9 General expense 1,595.7 1,671.8 1,690.7 1,800.3 6,758.4 1,613.2 1,656.0 1,692.1 Cost of svc provided 685.6 711.7 759.1 798.9 2,955.3 759.2 833.0 823.9 Cost of svc provided 588.1 618.4 649.0 688.2 2,543.6 609.0 617.6 592.6 Selling expense 572.2 613.9 592.3 499.5 2,277.9 551.6 587.4 614.3 Selling expense 598.0 629.7 636.7 525.7 2,390.2 591.4 635.5 657.3 Cost of device sold 863.6 1,0193 1,156.9 1,167.3 4,207.1 874.4 787.3 801.4 Cost of device sold 712.5 873.8 1,003.1 1,000.6 3,590.1 760.8 642.4 742.5 Operating income 402.1 288.2 312.5 148.2 1,151.0 383.1 341.8 292.4 Operating income 296.4 191.1 197.7 53.9 739.2 299.6 252.7 206.8 N-OP income (loss) -4.4 -4.7 -42.2 -120.2 -171.4 -15.9 -34.0 22.0 N-OP income (loss) 100.7 -1.8 -99.5 -112.0 -112.6 134.2 -28.0 14.5 N-OP income 181.5 199.2 208.4 94.7 683.8 290.5 85.3 157.5 N-OP income 271.7 179.4 195.2 60.1 706.4 389.0 82.2 95.3 N-OP expense 186.5 199.1 252.3 214.0 851.9 302.9 114.5 140.4 N-OP expense 170.9 181.2 294.7 172.2 819.0 254.8 110.2 80.8 Equity Method (G/L) 0.7 -4.8 1.7 -0.9 -3.3 -3.5 -4.8 4.9 Income bf tax 397.7 283.5 270.3 28.1 979.7 367.2 307.9 314.3 Income bf tax 397.2 189.4 98.2 -58.1 626.6 433.8 224.7 221.3 Income tax 138.0 80.5 57.0 34.9 310.4 140.6 100.3 84.2 Income tax 104.5 49.7 25.8 14.8 194.8 113.8 58.9 58.1 Net income 259.8 203.0 213.3 -6.8 669.3 226.6 207.6 230.1 Net income 292.6 139.7 72.4 -72.9 431.8 320.0 165.8 163.2 NI contribution to KT 231.1 173.9 189.7 24.4 619.2 208.3 176.6 203.4 EBITDA 1,309.5 1,191.3 1,209.8 1,079.3 4,790.0 1,295.8 1,252.6 1,197.1 EBITDA 1,108.1 997.7 999.3 872.6 3,977.8 1,113.5 1,063.3 1,010.0 EBITDA Margin 22.4% 19.5% 19.5% 17.4% 19.7% 22.2% 21.3% 19.9% EBITDA Margin 25.6% 21.9% 21.2% 18.9% 21.9% 25.1% 24.5% 22.3% 14
2 K-IFRS Balance Sheet (Unit: KRW bn) Consolidated 1Q 19 2Q 19 3Q 19 4Q 19 1Q 20 2Q 20 3Q 20 KT Separate 1Q 19 2Q 19 3Q 19 4Q 19 1Q 20 2Q 20 3Q 20 Assets 33,247.8 33,469.4 33,661.3 34,061.3 32,631.0 34,003.4 35,860.5 Assets 26,837.7 26,959.8 27,076.4 27,733.9 27,069.1 27,578.0 28,185.5 Current assets 12,396.1 11,818.3 11,716.7 11,725.1 10,887.2 12,480.5 14,215.2 Current assets 7,307.3 7,052.4 6,961.4 7,113.2 6,884.5 7,451.4 8,102.4 Cash & cash equi. 2,765.0 2,250.1 2,128.4 2,305.9 1,627.1 2,942.2 2,990.9 Cash & cash equi. 1,750.1 1,394.9 1,189.2 1,328.4 754.1 1,422.1 1,911.6 Trade & other rec 4,129.5 4,364.8 4,108.2 3,931.5 4,121.3 4,159.9 4,272.5 Trade & other rec 3,357.8 3,451.0 3,300.9 3,108.0 3,490.2 3,372.7 3,473.7 Inventories 646.4 607.6 636.2 665.5 634.7 640.6 851.9 Inventories 446.4 404.8 437.6 477.1 439.4 459.5 649.4 Other current asset 4,855.2 4,595.7 4,843.9 4,822.2 4,504.1 4,737.8 6,099.9 Other current asset 1,753.1 1,801.7 2,033.7 2,199.7 2,200.8 2,197.1 2,067.7 -Prepaid_Contractcost 1,106.3 1,165.2 1,318.5 1,389.5 1,362.5 1,378.4 1,379.9 -Prepaid_Contractcost 1,134.5 1,210.6 1,368.1 1,432.1 1,408.2 1,431.6 1,432.8 -Contract assets 330.9 377.8 430.6 409.8 393.7 391.2 382.9 -Contract assets 300.2 339.1 384.4 382.2 359.2 349.7 338.2 Non-current assets 20,851.8 21,651.1 21,944.6 22,336.2 21,743.8 21,522.9 21,645.3 Non-current assets 19,530.4 19,907.4 20,115.0 20,620.6 20,184.6 20,126.6 20,083.1 Trade & other rec 690.4 867.9 943.6 1,238.0 996.7 1,123.4 1,060.6 Trade & other rec 641.7 806.4 888.0 1,186.5 954.4 1,063.8 1,001.3 Tangible assets 12,811.1 13,192.8 13,349.7 13,785.3 13,497.4 13,454.5 13,773.5 Tangible assets 10,656.7 10,914.5 11,092.4 11,448.0 11,284.6 11,250.6 11,502.2 Other current assets 7,350.3 7,590.4 7,651.3 7,312.9 7,249.7 6,945.0 6,811.2 Other current assets 8,232.0 8,186.5 8,134.5 7,986.2 7,945.6 7,812.2 7,579.6 -Prepaid_Contractcost 364.4 403.5 460.3 459.8 461.3 456.9 466.4 -Prepaid_Contractcost 351.4 398.9 457.0 444.2 448.8 446.0 454.7 -Contract assets 94.1 111.3 126.5 147.3 147.2 161.6 176.5 -Contract assets 84.0 101.4 112.5 95.8 93.6 98.6 106.5 Liabilities 18,509.4 18,464.8 18,430.1 18,874.3 17,559.4 18,629.6 20,204.0 Liabilities 14,099.7 14,076.5 14,122.0 14,837.2 14,133.3 14,466.5 14,877.7 Current liabilities 9,926.8 9,908.1 9,973.8 10,074.9 9,171.5 9,894.9 11,348.8 Current liabilities 6,283.8 6,238.7 6,471.1 6,728.1 6,486.4 6,562.1 6,980.9 Trade & other payables 7,264.0 7,980.9 7,709.7 7,597.5 6,524.1 6,601.7 8,255.6 Trade & other payables 4,472.4 5,118.4 5,006.4 5,025.7 4,560.1 4,130.9 4,613.6 Short-term borrowings 1,149.0 583.6 915.7 1,185.7 1,271.3 1,652.3 1,546.0 Short-term borrowings 948.5 380.4 744.7 1,052.5 1,168.5 1,539.3 1,381.4 Others 1,513.8 1,343.6 1,348.4 1,291.7 1,376.2 1,640.9 1,547.2 Others 862.9 739.9 720.0 649.9 757.8 891.9 985.9 -Contract liabilities 302.9 304.4 304.1 313.6 314.6 315.5 316.3 -Contract liabilities 302.1 306.7 304.2 314.5 316.7 316.0 319.7 Non-current liabilities 8,582.5 8,556.7 8,456.4 8,799.5 8,387.9 8,734.7 8,855.2 Non-current liabilities 7,815.9 7,837.8 7,650.9 8,109.1 7,646.9 7,904.4 7,896.8 Trade & other payables 1,132.7 1,110.0 1,125.6 1,082.2 801.7 811.1 810.0 Trade & other payables 1,524.9 1,476.1 1,454.2 1,371.5 1,061.2 1,051.7 996.8 Long-term borrowings 5,641.1 5,673.2 5,492.6 6,113.1 6,015.6 6,335.3 6,304.9 Long-term borrowings 5,502.7 5,549.0 5,371.1 5,975.5 5,854.5 6,082.7 6,080.7 Others 1,808.7 1,773.5 1,838.2 1,604.1 1,570.6 1,588.3 1,740.3 Others 788.3 812.6 825.6 762.1 731.2 770.0 819.3 -Contract liabilities 44.3 42.7 45.0 52.0 58.5 51.5 52.2 -Contract liabilities 41.4 40.1 42.4 49.1 55.5 49.9 50.9 Equity 14,738.5 15,004.6 15,231.1 15,187.0 15,071.6 15,373.8 15,656.5 Equity 12,738.0 12,883.3 12,954.3 12,896.7 12,935.8 13,111.5 13,307.8 Retained earnings 11,269.5 11,438.9 11,627.4 11,637.2 11,575.1 11,936.1 12,139.8 Retained earnings 10,741.7 10,880.2 10,952.9 10,870.0 10,919.6 11,084.8 11,249.0 15
K-IFRS / Separate 3 Subscribers Wireless 1Q 19 2Q 19 3Q 19 4Q 19 1Q 20 2Q 20 3Q 20 QoQ YoY Subscribers (Unit: Thousands)1) Total 21,333 21,549 21,771 21,922 21,976 22,133 22,333 0.9% 2.6% Net additions 213 216 222 150 55 157 200 27.0% -10.2% Gross additions 1,181 1,133 1,077 1,067 938 1,030 1,033 0.3% -4.2% Deactivation2) 968 917 855 917 884 873 833 -4.6% -2.6% Churn rate 1.5% 1.4% 1.3% 1.4% 1.3% 1.3% 1.2% -0.1%p -0.1%p LTE 17,393 17,383 17,169 17,153 17,035 16,954 16,774 -1.1% -2.4% 5G 419 1,055 1,419 1,779 2,237 2,813 25.7% 166.6% LTE+5G Penetration rate 81.5% 82.6% 83.7% 84.7% 85.6% 86.7% 87.7% 1.0%p 4.0%p ARPU (KRW)3) 31,490 31,727 31,906 31,341 31,773 31,393 31,620 0.7% -0.9% Note 1) Subscribers: MSIT’s new guidelines for subscriber disclosure (Retroactively applied from 1Q14, MVNO included) Note 2) Deactivation: Mandatory deactivation included Note 3) ARPU = Wireless revenue* / Wireless subscribers** * Wireless revenue(3G, LTE, 5G, IoT included): Revenue of Voice and Data usage (Interconnection/Subscription fee excluded), VAS, Contract/ Bundled Discounts, and etc. included ** Wireless subscribers: Based on MSIT’s guidelines for average billed subscribers in quarter Fixed Line/IPTV 1Q 19 2Q 19 3Q 19 4Q 19 1Q 20 2Q 20 3Q 20 QoQ YoY Subscribers (Unit: Thousands) Telephony 14,830 14,554 14,386 14,185 14,033 13,863 13,732 -0.9% -4.5% PSTN 11,489 11,343 11,192 11,052 10,898 10,736 10,594 -1.3% -5.3% VoIP 3,340 3,211 3,194 3,133 3,135 3,127 3,138 0.3% -1.8% Broadband 8,782 8,849 8,904 8,962 8,962 9,043 9,130 1.0% 2.5% IPTV (OTV+OTS) 7,966 8,113 8,229 8,351 8,422 8,559 8,687 1.5% 5.6% ? Number of IPTV subscribers above deviates from MSIT’s released figure below following IPTV law - Number of KT pay TV subscriber is 7,377,514 in 2H 2019 (6 month average) 16
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