Global Mobile Vision 2008(GMV), the international event for mobile industry, is held from November 11 to 13 in Seoul, Korea. This event is including Wireless Broadband Convergence Forum 2008, Global Mobile Business Forum and Global Mobile Business Fair. This event focuses on Mobile convergnece, Mobile computing, Wireless Internet service, WiMax, Mobile devices, Mobile contents, Mobiel security, VoIP and Wireless broadband.

At the first day KT, Samsung, NTT DoCoMo, Motorola and T Mobile will provide keynote speech. Following the keynotes Global Mobile Service & Broadcasting (Track A) and Wibro (Track B) Session will be held. For more detail information, visit here.

According to Global Mobile Vision 2008 official web site,

This event has been designed to provide a value-added opportunity for global mobile industry business leaders to explore cooperation with Korean mobile companies. Leading Korean mobile network operators in addition to Korean mobile vendor experts will be on hand to appraise attendees on current mobile trends and how to capitalize on these opportunities.

The objectives of Global Mobile Vision 2008 are:

•To identify best practices for international mobile service deployment;
•To discover potential commercial opportunities presented by Korean mobile technology;
•To promote mutual cooperation and foster future partnerships with over 200 first-hand Korean mobile solution and system providers.

Global Mobile Vision 2008 will focus on the following areas;

•Mobile convergence, Mobile computing, Wireless Internet service, WiMax, Mobile devices, Mobile contents, Mobile security, VoIP, and Wireless broadband
•Global mobile operators, Mobile (wireless) network vendors, Innovative mobile H/W & S/W technologies

To provide you some general information about Korean TMT Sector, I uploaded my slides that I presented at conferences or seminars

I presented following slides to introduce the advanced Korean TMT(Technology, Media, and Telecom) Sector including mobile TV, web 2.0, mobile wimax and online game. Maybe you could find some business idea for you from these slides.

There are more slides that I presented about advanced Korean TMT market with following topics; SNS, mobile tv, LBS, mobile game and etc. It will help for you to understand Korean TMT sector.

Please check following slides out here:

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 the most stylish designs and sometimes getting fashion giants to support the effort.

Korea, as in many cases, is a front-runner given that mobiles are so advanced, and mobile culture is so embedded in modern Korean society that phones are now a symbol of status. Korean giant LG teamed up with Prada last year to unveil a luxury phone, as well as with designers Paul Smith and Lee Sangbong.

Other companies have had similar partnerships such as Samsung with Adidas and Armani on different projects, and Motorola with Dolce and Gabana. What these companies have done is not by mere chance but by correctly reading the market. In Korea for example, it is said that the replacement cycle for mobiles in certain segments is of 6 months, which is now aligned with fashion cycles, and shows the growing importance of the luxury mobile phone market, and the influence of fashion in general in the industry.