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SK Telecom goes with LiMo

Friday, May 16th, 2008

While Google is rapidly advancing with its development of the Android , SK Telecom has joined seven other companies that have recently joined the LiMo Foundation with Linux Mobile.  Other notables among the new members are Mozilla and Verizon Wireless who is one of the most notable absentees on Google’s Open Handset Alliance.
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Mobile Market in Korea - End of Year Update

Friday, January 4th, 2008

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 […]

S-DMB and TU Media rumored to be in trouble

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

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 […]

Products and services tailored to specific segments…

Monday, November 19th, 2007

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 […]

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 […]