[New Year's Message] KT Kim Young-seop "Achieving B2B Business Results through Collaboration with MS... Leap to AICT Company"

January 2nd KT CEO Kim Young-seop's New Year's Address
"2025: The Practical First Year for AICT Leap"
Emphasizing Media Industry Growth and Management Innovation

Kim Young-seop, CEO of KT, stated in his New Year's address that through collaboration with Microsoft (MS), with whom they have formed a strategic partnership, this year will be a year to achieve results in the business-to-business (B2B) sector and leap forward as an AICT (Artificial Intelligence + Information and Communication Technology) company.

Kim Young-seop, CEO of KT, attended the 'AICT Business Strategy Press Conference' held on the 10th at Novotel Ambassador Dongdaemun in Jung-gu, Seoul, and answered reporters' questions about the background of cooperation with Microsoft, future plans, and business strategies toward becoming an 'AICT Company.' Photo by Jo Yong-jun jun21@

In the New Year's address shared with KT employees on the 2nd, CEO Kim said, "2025 will be a very important year for the company as the practical first year to leap forward as an AICT company."

He then emphasized three goals. CEO Kim stated, "The first key goal this year is to achieve remarkable results in the B2B business based on collaboration with MS, which has the world's best technology."

The second goal mentioned was growth in the media business sector. He explained, "It will be the first year to innovate based on KT's potential and make the media business a core portfolio following telecommunications and IT."

The final goal was innovation in the management system. CEO Kim added, "We will integrate AI and IT technologies to create a modernized system and accelerate the pace of change."

CEO Kim emphasized, "Let us make this year one in which KT becomes the best company in telecommunications and IT, leads innovation in the industrial sector, and achieves a level of performance that contributes to the nation beyond the existing standards. To do so, KT members must enhance their capabilities, become masters of collaboration, and run together with a sense of mission and harmony."

Meanwhile, CEO Kim stated that last year KT laid the foundation for growth in the B2B AI Transformation (AX) business through the partnership with MS for the transition to an AICT company, and is also promoting AI innovation in telecommunications technology (CT), media, and network sectors.