KT joins US's largest ICT infrastructure exhibition

Telecom, AI partners share joint pavilion

KT Corp employees and partner company staff pose for a photo at the KT Global Win-Win Growth Pavilion inside the ISE EXPO 2026 exhibition hall. [KT Corp]
KT Corp employees and partner company staff pose for a photo at the KT Global Win-Win Growth Pavilion inside the ISE EXPO 2026 exhibition hall. [KT Corp]

KT Corp is making its first appearance at a major US information and communications technology exhibition to help domestic partner companies break into the North American market.

KT announced Wednesday that it is participating in ISE EXPO 2026, held Tuesday through Thursday local time at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The company has set up the "KT Global Win-Win Growth Pavilion" at the venue to showcase products and technology from six partner companies in the telecommunications and AI sectors.

ISE EXPO is a specialized exhibition covering ICT infrastructure fields including telecommunications, networking and AI. It draws global telecom and network companies as well as buyers from the United States and other major countries. This marks KT's first participation in the event.

The six participating partner companies are Yongjin Elcom (RF communication connectors), Koryo Autron (FTTH and PON fiber-optic components), Sungho SI Corporation (AI-powered automated management and harvesting robots for agriculture), Clika (on-device and edge-based AI optimization solutions), Lablup (virtualization-based GPU-integrated AI infrastructure platform) and Adriel (AI-based marketing BI platform).

A partner company employee explains their technology to visitors at the KT Global Win-Win Growth Pavilion inside the ISE EXPO 2026 exhibition hall. [KT Corp]
A partner company employee explains their technology to visitors at the KT Global Win-Win Growth Pavilion inside the ISE EXPO 2026 exhibition hall. [KT Corp]

The participating companies span a wide range of fields, from telecom components and AI agricultural robots to AI infrastructure and marketing solutions. KT plans to extend its support for partner companies to European exhibitions after launching the initiative in North America.

KT surveyed about 150 partner companies on their preferred regions and exhibitions, then selected participants and venues based on export potential and industry-specific expertise. The ISE EXPO appearance is the first event on KT's second-half global exhibition support schedule.

KT is also working with KOTRA's Atlanta trade office to help the companies develop local sales channels. It plans to promote the participating firms and their products through KOTRA's global B2B export support platform BuyKOREA and social media, while also identifying potential buyers.

Beyond the United States, KT will support its partners' expansion into Europe. The company plans to participate in IBC 2026, a broadcasting and media exhibition in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in September, and ECOC 2026, Europe's largest fiber-optic communications exhibition, in Malaga, Spain.

"We will support our partner companies — which possess outstanding technological capabilities — in discovering new business opportunities in overseas markets and achieving tangible export results," said Kwon Hye-jin, executive vice president and head of KT's SCM division. "We will strengthen cooperation with the government, KOTRA's overseas trade offices and other export support institutions to enhance the global competitiveness of our partners and expand a mutually beneficial ecosystem in which we grow together."


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