The true meaning of ubiquitous computing for personal and enterprise use is just beginning in Korea. The spread of smartphones will continue at a fast clip this year and more people will use tablet computers for entertainment and productivity purposes.
With the start of LTE (Long-term Evolution), an increasingly seamless wireless Internet service will be available. Like the Internet, a high-speed mobile environment will trigger the emergence of additional data-traffic intensive services, such as video calling, and will be a boost to the creation of new business modes.
In conjunction with the expansion of mobile devices, a larger variety of services will spur changes in work habits and lifestyles. The value of social networking will be striking and foster communication, information sharing, shopping and gaming. Enabled by cloud computing, workers will reduce wasted time, while the enterprise will become more flexible than ever before.
At the beginning of the new 2011 year, Telecoms Korea selected seven key issues to track this year that are vital to track as they change the Korean mobile market and the industry as a whole.
1. Smartphones Soaring Toward 20 Million Mark
2. Tablet Computer Preheating Done, Time to Jump
3. Mobile VoIP, an Inevitable Trend in the Smartphone Era
4. Beginning of LTE Era
5. Mobile Cloud Computing is Now Primetime
6. Mobile Ads Flying This Year
7. Social, Social, and Social
