Korean operator KT ended 2022 with a total of 8.48 million subscribers in the 5G segment, the telco said in its earnings statement.
In the last quarter of 2022, the KT added around 521,000 5G customers, while total 5G additions for the full-year 2022 amounted to 2.1 million.
KT ended last year with a total of 24 million wireless subscribers, climbing 5.5% year-on-year.
The telco highlighted that 5G and LTE customers accounted for 94.5% of total handset customers by the end of the last quarter of 2022, up 2.2 percentage points compared to the end of 2021.