What’s worse, there’s all kinds of blogs and news sites with even more confusing information containing misleading and false information, and even blatantly obvious fake advertisements like this one:

가짜 KT 아이폰 광고.

After searching the internet and the news, and asking locals of the land of kimchi soup for translations, I have realized that KT and KTF are the same company.  KTF and KT ICOM are subsidiaries of KT Corporation, and KT Freetel is the same as KTF.

This is to clarify which KT is which, once and for all:

KTF, a subsidiary of KT Corporation, is the second largest mobile carrier in Korea

KT Freetel is also known as KTF

KT ICOM is the subsidiary of KT Corporation responsible for WCDMA technology

KT Corporation is South Korea’s largest land-line telephone service provider.

Recently, there have been news everywhere about KTF, KT, Korea Telecom, and SK Telecom and the anticipated debut of the Apple iPhone in South Korea. The iPhone is still unavailable in South Korea, home of the largest manufacturers of handsets in the world.