Handset Sales Boost KT

KT said that its revenues rose 4% year-on-year in the third quarter to 4.82 trillion won (4.07 billion US dollars) on a like-for-like basis propelled by 14% year-on-year rise in wireless revenues.

Mobile handset sales were up 36% year-on-year to 862 billion won, and boosted by sales of flat-rate data plans, KT's wireless data revenue climbed 11% year-on-year to 303 billion won. Wireless data ARPU rose 7% year-on-year to 6,980 won. source: KT statement