KT, Partners in the COVID Era Take on Global Market Expansion

[Asia Economy Reporter Seulgina Jo] KT is providing opportunities for its partners, who are struggling with exports due to COVID-19, to participate in global ICT exhibitions, laying the groundwork for their overseas expansion.

KT announced that it will support its partners' participation in the ‘Dubai Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX)’ held at the Dubai World Trade Center in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from the 17th to the 21st. Marking its 41st year, GITEX is the largest IT exhibition in the Middle East region, attracting over 4,000 companies and 140,000 buyers annually.

KT has set up a ‘KT Partners Pavilion’ at the Dubai GITEX site, showcasing partners’ services and technologies in physical exhibits, along with providing specialized guides and interpreters for each company. However, considering the COVID-19 situation, in-depth consultations between local buyers and participating companies will be conducted in a hybrid format combining on-site and remote non-face-to-face meetings between Dubai and Korea.

The partners participating in this GITEX 2021 exhibition include Wooriro (quantum cryptography devices), InopiaTech (ultra-compact set-top boxes), IWYL (voice encryption devices), GMT (ship control systems), and Hoseong Technics (coaxial connectors), totaling five companies.

Additionally, KT will also set up a KT Partners Pavilion and support partner companies’ exhibition participation at the ‘2021 Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC)’ held in Barcelona, Spain, in November.

Six companies will participate in the Spain SCEWC exhibition: Gabotech (two-way streetlight blinkers), Korea Otron (optical splitters), Sungchang (uninterruptible CCTV), Jessicom (optical patch cords), Paprika Data Lab (urban ecological information collection platform), and Health Hub (cloud medical solutions). Similarly, the exhibition will be conducted in a hybrid manner combining on-site displays and remote non-face-to-face consultations.

Since 2013, KT has supported overseas exhibition participation to help small and medium-sized ICT companies pioneer global markets beyond the saturated domestic market, achieving export contracts exceeding 100 billion KRW to date. As a result, KT has been selected as the top honorary company for seven consecutive years in the Win-Win Growth Index evaluation announced by the Win-Win Growth Committee.

Shin Geum-seok, KT SCM Strategy Director (Executive Director), stated, “By supporting exhibitions in a hybrid on- and offline format, we have reduced the burden on our partners while enabling them to showcase excellent technologies on the global stage.” He added, “We will continue to strengthen ESG management without sparing efforts so that capable small and medium enterprises can grow into global strong companies in the post-COVID era.”

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