Korean telcos, longing for Mobile IPTV
Posted: February 15th, 2009, by Yunho ChungKT, South Korea’s largest fixed-line and WiBro operator, has created new business opporunities combining WiBro with other services in ways to expand its WiBro market and increase users. Last year KT kicked off a trial run of its WiBro-based Mobile IPTV, which was successful. Now it is expected among Korean WiBro operators, KT and SKT, that their WiBro business will gain momentum with the launch of Mobile IPTV service after the roll-out of 4G networks capable of providing 100Mbps data transfer rates that mobile IPTV requires.
Mobile IPTV is widely regarded as an IP-based multimedia service platform that embodies a combination of ubiquity, IP, and personal. Through Mobile IPTV users will be able to make a phone call over the internet, watch TV programs or UCC videos on the web, and enjoy various interactive services in an all-in-one device having relatively high efficiency when compared to DMB. 
Source: Samsung Electronics
According to KT insider it is assumed that the numer of subscribers to mobile IPTV can amount to the number of mobile phone users, which is four times bigger than possible fixed IPTV subscribers. So, it is certain that mobile IPTV will be an attractive service platform for IPTV service providers to use.
Source: Samsung Electronics
