>> The Change of Korean Mobile Communications Environment happened by release notice iPhone
Unreleased a smart phone ‘iPhone’ has had a great effect on Korean mobile communications market, as if dead Jegalgongmyung(제갈공명) made alive Samajungdal(사마중달) escape.
‘Release of Android Phone, general phone with WIFI, opening of online contents marketplace ...’
3 mobile communications companies and mobile terminals manufacturing companies are pouring goods and services which satisfy people’s old desire.
These movements can’t be explained without iPhone. iPhone has been debated whether it release or not in Korea, and now it has an approval ahead by applying for location information provider to Korean Communication Commission. Although it will come out the end of this year at the earliest, change of use environment in Korean mobile communication by iPhone has already started.
SKT and LGT are planning to release Android Phone at first and second quarter of next year. This is marketing against KT’s iPhone. Not only Samsung and LG which have made Android Phone only for export, but also Pantech(팬텍) have made their position clear to supply it to Korean market at next year. Now, people who have waited iPhone have to consider what to choose.
This month, KT gets started to spread a new mobile terminal which can be Internet telephone through wireless LAN. Samsung said that they will mount wireless LAN on general cell phone if not the smart phone. Mobile communications companies so worry about a sale of data communications will be fallen that have blocked to mount wireless LAN on mobile, summiting criticism of specification down. However, it is kind of collapse of fire wall. LG has managed a dedicated division led by vice president recently.
SKT, KT, Samsung and LG make software developers participated in developing contents for them by opening online contents marketplace imitated Appstore by Apple. Last November 10th, Samsung opened platform for mobile ‘Bada(바다)’, which is made by themselves, and its development tools to worldwide developers, and announced a blueprint that they will make Samsung-centered mobile environment.
Recently, As KT and SKT changed their data communications fees, they provide people much more data communications with the same price. SKT increases twelve times by 500MB over the past that 42MB per 15,000won. Before iPhone release, this change of Korean companies can be seen as a flagging, but it is a great news for consumers. It shows that market led by mobile communications companies and mobile terminals manufacturing companies is changing into consumer-oriented with user’s experience through software.
Lee Chanjin(이찬진), a representative of Dreamwiz said, “Release of foreign smart phone, it is an opportunity for mobile communications company and manufacturing company to concentrate on high value-added products as well as for consumers have widen right of choice,” and “Value of software will get high and software market will be made, so it will be an environment that gives developers a lot of chances.”
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I'm probably going to get the iPhone in a week or so. Looking forward to it. I've been dreaming about a good smartphone for years.
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