TK Insight

Android Phones Outpace iPhone in Korea

Due to the soaring popularity of Samsung's Galaxy S, the cumulative sales of Android-based smartphones outpaced the Apple iPhone to become the No. 1 seller by operating system as of the end of July.

Korean Telco Marketing Spending

While the Korean telecom regulator KCC (Korea Communications Commission) designated a marketing cap ― no more than 22 percent of the total sales in each of the wireless and wired sectors― to cool down fierce competition, mobile carriers have failed to meet the guideline in the first half of this year.

Wi-Fi Zones Quickly Increasing

Due to fierce competition over the smartphone market, mobile carriers are in a hurry to expand public Wi-Fi zones.

KT has succeeded in establishing 27,000 Wi-Fi zones by this July, five months earlier than its original plan. KT's Qook & Show zones are now twice as numerous as at the end of last year. Recently, KT also featured a Wi-Fi Street, which provides wireless Internet in crowded streets, such as the COEX mall in southern Seoul.