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Korea, Seeing is Believing - iMobicon 2007

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

This August, I am speaking at iMobicon 2007 on the landscape of ‘Korean Social Networking and Mobile TV’. If you are not familiar with iMobicon, it is an international conference organized by Informa only focuing on Korean Mobile industry.
Most major mobile related companies will participate such as SK Telecom, KTF,Cyworld and many more.
You can find […]

Video call is not a dream any more in Korea

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Story: Husband come back to Korea after 2 years and his wife and son come to airport to meet him. His wife tries to jump into husband but..
Video call is not a dream any more in Korea
Have you ever dreamed calling your girl friend with seeing her face?
If yes, Your dream has already came true […]

Who are buying Prada Phones- Case of Korea

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

 
Prada Phone has made its market debut in Korea about a month ago. I was also one of the people who were expecting it to come and recently I found an interesting article on Prada phone.
In Korea, it was provided initially by LG Telecom (No 3 Player in Korea with Market share of 17%. The […]

The Mobile TV users surpass 6-millions in Korea

Monday, June 18th, 2007

The Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) users surpassed 6-million. This figure means 1.3 out of 10 Koreans has DMB player.According to the survey announced on June 14th by the Ministry of information and Communication, after DMB service started on 2005, the number of TDMB players sold is 5.3 million and the subscribers of SDMB service is […]

How Koreans watch TV on Mobile phone

Friday, June 15th, 2007

 
Have you ever regret after missing your favourite TV programme while you were stuck in the heavy traffic? Have you ever supposed it would be much better if you have your own TV and thus not fighting for the TV with your brother or sister?
If yes, here is good news. As long as you possess […]

Mobile Cyworld in Korea

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

 
 
Cyworld, Korean based social networking service, is the one of the most successful ones in the world. In the past, PC and proper internet access were required to use Cyworld. However, today’s cutting edge mobile technology actually extends its reach to everyone’s pocket. In other words, we can ubiquitously access to Cyworld with our mobile […]

Norwegian journalists’ special experience in Korea Mobile

Monday, June 11th, 2007

 
This video clip is the moment at which Norwegian journalists sang a song to thank me for helping themselves during a study trip.
The Norwegian Journalist group has visited Korea for 5 days to learn and experience in the advanced TMT (Technology/media/telecom) sector. I organized the whole trip for them and also gave a brief lecture […]

Cyworld, to go to US universities

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Cyworld, which is a Korean social network site, has been introduced on an American university text book published in this February as a world wide famous social online community service.
The name of the book is “Information Systems Today : Managing in the Digital World” published by the Prentice Hall. This book is used to deliver […]

KTF’s mobile payment service to be in the world

Friday, June 1st, 2007

 
GSM Association goes with KTF’s mobile payment service
A mobile payment service proposed by Korean operator KTF is uniting the world’s leading service providers. The GSM Association announced at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on the 13th that it will launch a“Pay-Buy Mobile Initiative”as suggested by the Korean mobile operator. The GSM Association comprises […]