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Friday, 12 March 2010 01:37

Korea Telecom seems to understand the profound change that is underway with the arrival of more powerful "smart" phones and is concentrating its efforts to

enhance mobile broadband services. As reported in today's Joongang Daily, the company will put its focus on "mobile broadband" in the coming months. As the graphic here illustrates (click to see full-size graphic), KT is trying to usher in an era where people can easily access wireless broadband internet services...(Read whole news on source site)

Mobile Phone Communication with North Korea: Current Status

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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 01:28

An article in today's Korea Times provides some very interesting specifics about how North Korean refugees in South Korea communicate with people in North Korea

by mobile phone. Seo, Jae-pyong, the Secretary-General of a group called North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity (NKIS) said that NKIS has run a news outlet service based on mobile phone conversations with secret correspondents in North Korea since 2008. The purpose of this effort is to provide more information about the...(Read whole news on source site)

Number of iPhone Users in Korea Reaches 400,000

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Monday, 08 March 2010 00:35

According to a KT Executive, as reported in today's Joongang Daily, there are now over 400,000 iPhone users in South Korea. That amounts to an

average of about 4,000 people a day who have purchased the device since it was introduced last November 28. For those of you keeping track, that also amounts to an annual sales rate of nearly 1.5 million phones. I feel vindicated about the prediction I made in an earlier...(Read whole news on source site)

Korean Mobile Operators Prodded to Create Unified App Store

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Sunday, 07 March 2010 12:31

As reported by The Korea Times today, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) is prodding the nation's three mobile telephony carriers to create a unified application

store, to meet competition from Apple's iPhone. Handset vendors Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, which each run their own online applications store, will also be allowed a chance to join...(Read whole news on source site)

Global Media Trends---Korean Media Trends

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Sunday, 07 March 2010 03:51