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iPhone rocking South Korea’s mobile market

Posted in iPhone, iPhone in S.Korea on Dec 8th, 2009

South Korean carrier KT has a hit on their hands! The iPhone is in hot demand and authorized retailers are quickly selling out of their allocations. The popularity of iPhone has taken many South Korean technology pundits by surprise. Particularly given the mobile phone hegemony heretofore enjoyed by South Korean handset manufacturers Samsung and LG. An [...]

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KTF hoping for WiPi rules change and iPhone launch in S Korea

Posted in iPhone Korea on Nov 6th, 2008

  iPhone Dreams – South Korea Launch   It seems clear that KTF will be the Korean carrier to release the iPhone 3G, but the question is when. / Korea Times File Apple Product Debut Is Now Mooted for a Variety of Reasons By Kim Tong-hyung Staff Reporter  In all likelihood, the domestic debut of [...]

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iPhone Korea? Someday yes

Posted in iPhone, iPhone in S.Korea, iPhone Korea, KTF, WIPI on Sep 11th, 2008

Update: November 3, 2008 Nov 3, 2008 Apple Product Debut Is Now Mooted for a Variety of Reasons By Kim Tong-hyung Staff Reporter  In all likelihood, the domestic debut of the iPhone, the hottest selling gadget at the moment, will be delayed to 2009 or later.  But with the government now moving quicker to scrap [...]

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South Korea may end Wipi requirement – a key gating factor for iPhone

Posted in 3G, iPhone, iPhone in S.Korea on Jul 12th, 2008

South Korea Wireless Operators in Talks With Nokia, Apple Over Phones EXCERPT: South Korea’s WIPI – “Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability,” a software standard that the government mandated in 2005 for all mobile-phone makers planning to deliver Internet access on handsets.  EXCERPT: “The KCC, the country’s telecommunications regulator, is now considering scrapping the WIPI requirements, [...]

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S Korea's WIPI a hurdle for iPhone

Posted in iPhone, iPhone in S.Korea on Jun 12th, 2008

  EXCERPT: Korea’s isolation in the global IT business was reaffirmed when Steve Jobs announced that the new iPhone will be “affordable for almost everyone” in the world ? but not here.  “We’re going to be rolling out in 70 countries over the next several months. We are really thrilled with this,” the Apple CEO [...]

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