KT, Samsung end rivalry, start anew

By Kim Yoo-chul

KT and Samsung Electronics are finding themselves closer, ending more than a year of animosity over KT's decision to introduce Apple's 3G-based iPhone, here.

Sources say the gradual recovery in corporate partnership with the consumer electronics giant is providing more chances to the telecom company to better compete with its biggest local rival SK Telecom in smartphones and to advance towards network-related businesses amid the growth of data transmissions.

A KT official said that it is purely business. Samsung officials confirmed its relationship with KT was being resumed.