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| The AICC business launched a subscription model based on [ph] cloud to strengthen the product line up to expand customer base and the enterprise IoT business secured the largest market share in the wireless payment market, evidencing that the key growth businesses are strengthening its growth foundation |
| KT StudioGenie released 14 original content, more than last year, solidifying its stance as a production company |
| Both consolidated and standalone revenue generated Y-o-Y growth, thanks to balanced growth of the B2C and B2B businesses and the group -- and the growth of the group's key portfolio including finance, media content, DX, and real estate |
| On a standalone basis, operating income increased by 1.5% Y-o-Y to KRW1, 185.4 billion, which was mainly driven by revenue growth and efforts to boost profitability such as improving the business implementation system |
| KT is maintaining leadership as the #1 player in the public cloud market, while paying special attention to strengthening competitiveness of the AI cloud services |
| evidencing continued profit growth anchored in strong business fundamentals |
| KT Cloud recorded double-digit Y-o-Y growth, supported by monetization of public cloud project orders that were previously won by the company and the robust growth of the IDC business |
| The hotel business enjoyed strong demand during the Chuseok and Christmas holiday season, generating record high quarterly revenue in 2023, Q4 |
| KT will continue to work to enhance shareholder value by increasing the size of shareholder return based on profitability improvement |
| Amid global uncertainty surrounding the business environment at both home and abroad, we expect to continue efforts to strengthen the growth potential of the telco business |
| KT will work to achieve both volume and quality growth by strengthening AI driven DX capabilities and fundamental business innovation in a rapidly changing business environment |
| We will be building platforms for the telco services and also combining our services with cloud to innovate and offer a stronger value to our customers |
| We will also make effort to generate both revenue and profit growth in the B2B business by improving the business structure based on core businesses such as rationalizing low profit businesses and building platforms for existing businesses, and also by implementing IT innovation |
| In addition, we will be laying the groundwork to leap forward in the AI driven DX market by strengthening competitiveness and securing meaningful references in the five key B2B growth areas which are AICC, IoT, smart mobility, smart space and energy |
| KT Estate recorded KRW594.5 billion in revenue, which is a 21.8% increase from the previous year, thanks to higher office rent revenue and a robust hotel business |
| Based on these efforts, the core businesses of KT should continue to propel growth in 2024 |
| In the mobility area, we have leadership in the connected car business |
| And our key strength is the fact that we can offer services all the way up to the specific offices of the customers |
| Shareholder return in 2023 increased compared to the previous year, based on the midterm shareholder return policy announced on October 17 and enhanced profitability |
| We will continue to develop strategies and products to better satisfy our customers so that we can continue growth in the Wireless business |
| I look at the annual CAGR growth rate that you are expecting and it was quite impressive |
| 5G penetration surpassed 73% or 9.83 million subscribers, thanks to diversification of plan offerings and value-adding services |
| Also, roaming and MVNO revenue continued to show strength, driving the growth of the wireless revenue |
| The corporate broadband and data business is working to develop new small, midsized CP customers on top of the large CPs to generate additional growth momentum |
| The media business grew by 2.3% Y-o-Y, supported by an increase of high ARPU IPTV subscribers |
| Corporate broadband and data revenue rose by 4.7% Y-o-Y, thanks to the growth of corporate customer traffic |
| B2B service revenue grew by 2% Y-o-Y as the five key growth businesses, namely AICC, IoT, smart mobility, smart space and energy start to bear fruit and market demand for telco services remains strong |
| So Wireless business was quite robust for KT in 2023 |
| Broadband revenue rose by 2.8% Y-o-Y to KRW2,460 billion, mainly supported by an increase of GiGA subscribers |
| BC Card posted KRW4,025 billion in revenue, which is a 3.3% increase from the previous year, supported by an increase in PLCC card issuances and its finance business |
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| The slowing growth of B2B and also the 5G penetration rate |
| Net income decreased by 28.8% to KRW988.7 billion due to impairment losses incurred on goodwill of subsidiaries, such as KT Epsilon and HCN |
| Home telephony revenue declined by 7.6% Y-o-Y to KRW754.1 billion |
| Operating Income decreased by 2.4% Y-o-Y to KRW1,649.8 billion due to the base effect as a one-time gain was recognized in 2022 |
| Consolidated operating income decreased by 2.4% Y-o-Y KRW1,649.8 billion due to the base effect as there was a one-time profit that was reflected in 2022 |
| However, the growth in B2B business also seems to be slowing down |
| As 5G penetration reaches and surpasses 70%, I think a slower growth in the wireless business is expected of all of the telco companies, not just KT |
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