Last week, the South Korean firm obtained 15MHz of 1800MHz spectrum in the country’s auction, enabling the operator to offer the high-speed service.
KT is expected to launch LTE-A in Seoul this month and plans to expand the service to an additional five cities by March 2014.
In a press conference this week, KT’s president, Pyo Hyun-myung, told reporters that the company expected nationwide LTE-A coverage by July 2014.
KT appears to be aggressively targeting the growth of LTE and LTE-A worldwide, and in March this year the company partnered with the Rwandan government to deploy a wholesale LTE network in the country.
