Korea's telecom regulator, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC), plans to press mobile operators continuously next year in their marketing budgets, urging them to invest in WiBro, the local version of mobile WiMAX, along with the deployment of Long-Term Evolution (LTE). The KCC set its flagship service including 3-D TV, cloud service, machine-to-machine and N-screen, and will invest in core technologies such as high-definition TV, smart TV and future Internet.
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While the big three mobile operators - SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus - all plan to deploy Long-Term Evolution (LTE) service beginning in the second half of next year, the competition over the LTE equipment market is heating up in Korea.
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Since KT introduced last month the 4.3-inch, LCD-equipped Desire HD smartphone from HTC, larger displays of 4 inches or more are a new trend in the local smartphone market.
KT will introduce this month three additional 4-inch-plus LCD-equipped smartphones: the Streak and Venue by Dell and the Vega Xpress by Pantech. The Streak in particular boasts a 5-inch LCD.
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