It looks like the competition between the two giants LG and Samsung will have the next round among new 3g phones. It is said that in response to the newly released LG KU990, Samsung is about to release its new model W380 with similar technological features. 5 mega pixels camera, optical zoom and other beneficial features will make it a hard nut for LG to crack.

However, once again it becomes obvious how mature the HSDPA market in Korea is, in comparison to Western markets. The new Samsung phone has up to 7.2 Mbps of HSDPA speed (compared with LG’s 3.2 Mbps for its use in Europe). What one should keep in mind is that the technology, on both the handset and network side, keeps evolving and with it the services. The greater bandwidth and mature market in Korea create an interesting experimental ground for new services which require more bandwidth. User generated contents (like videos), broadband mobile gaming and other demanding services are all world leading in Korea today.

T-DMB (Terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) Phone meets the golden age. In second quarter, the sales of T-DMB Phone increased about 3.4% comparing to first quarter.

That is interesting results because total number of 3G service phone user keep increasing and KTF, one of MNO in Korea, focus their capability on 3G services such as Video call.
However, most of T-DMB phone is concentrated on 2G service!

KTF tries to advertise the diverse function of 3G service.
By contrast, SKT and LGT, MNO in Korea focusing their ability on 2G service, promote their 2G service with excellent design and T-DMB service. Prada Phone is a good example.

Some experts said there will be keen competition between 3G and 2G service soon. It is very hard to estimate how situation will develop because this competition has never happened before.

If you concentrate your attention on how Korean TMT market is changed, you can get some insights about how your home country will be changed.

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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 in Korea!

Now Koreans can use video conversation service.

You can see where she is, what she does and whom she meets by just calling her.
As you can see in video clip, picture quality is quite good and it operates both inside and outside.

Video call users gradually increase and are being common for Koreans through 3.5G HSDPA network.

But, be careful not to show her your ‘extra’ girl with video call