When looking at the evolution of mobile phones it is striking to see the technological development, but it is also quite interesting to note the adoption of fashion in the industry. Not only are the devices we use developing more functions, but companies are now spending more and more time an money investing in creating […]
As I’ve noticed a couple of entries today about OK Cashbag and mobile coupons (here and here in English). Through my company Veyond I have been participating in projects related to this matter so I thought I put in some comments.
OK Cashbag is a loyalty program initiated and controlled by the SK Group. It was […]
As 2007 has come to an end, it is a good time to be updated on the Korean mobile market. The market is rather stable and the market shares are rather intact between the three big ones in Korean Telecom - SKT, KTF and LGT.
SKT was fined a couple of years ago due to legislative […]
There are rumors in Korean press that SK Telecom is hesitant to inject more money in its S-DMB business and TU Media, because reaching the break-even is unlikely. Although subscribers have reached almost 1.3 million in September 2007 TU Media has generated only losses. Together with initial investments of about 250 million USD overall this […]
Following the Broadband Convergence Network program (initiated by the Ministry of Information and Communication), Yujin Robot, Spread Telecom and KTF have worked together to create a new domestic robot. Based on a vacuum cleaner model, like the iClebo, this prototype is able to communicate with your mobile phone, in order to let you control it, […]
Today I have found a very interesting blog entry “The future of mobile carriers is here. It is called SK Telecom”, which is worth reading. In short it lists a portfolio of companies acquired by SK Telecom on its endeavor to diversify its business portfolio beyond being a wireless carrier, which is likely to become […]
As you might know approximately one month ago we had presidential primaries of one party in which voting via SMS was allowed. Moreover the upcoming presidential election (held mid December) will be the first one with a reduced voting age (19 instead of 20 years of age). These two factors have increased the importance of […]
are one of the reasons for the success of SK Telecom. (In the last years SK Telecom has been able to achieve and maintain a market share of around 50%.) An example for the segment specific approach is the existence of three different payment plans for specific age segments: TTL (18-24), TING (13-17) and TINGjunior […]
Android the open source operating system for mobile devices is cheered throughout Western media. It is considered as a milestone which will lower production cost for handsets (and thus for consumers), enlarge potential markets for developers (because they will not need to focus on one manufacturer) and at the same time educate consumers to finally […]
SK Telecom has announced that user number of “Mobile Cyworld” users has exceeded 1 million, being far ahead of other mobile services like Mobile Daum Café (0.14 million) or Mobile Naver Blog (0.1 million). At the same time the average monthly page view of mobile CyWorld is 350 million which results in the fact that […]
