TK Insight

Social Network Games Evolve

Social Network Games (SNG), which combines community service and a game, is rapidly growing in conjunction with the popularity of Social Networking Service (SNS). Vice versa, industry watchers believe SNG will be a catalyst for expanding SNS.

SON Patent Applications Increasing

Patent applications for a Self-Organizing Network (SON), which requires minimal human involvement in network planning and optimization tasks, has increased from 15 cases in 2007, to 34 cases in 2008 and now 15 cases in the first half of 2009, according to the KIPO.