TK Insight

Top-Seven 2011 Mobile Issues in Korea

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.

Mobile VoIP Era Begins in Korea

While KT, the exclusive distributor of Apple iPhone in Korea, is discussing whether to allow 3G over WCDMA by Skype, SK Telecom decided to permit smartphone users to use mobile VoIP (mVoIP) and to offer unlimited mobile data usage.

May KT Allow Skype 3G via iPhone Soon?

Skype, a leading Internet telephony service provider, has recently introduced an iPhone application, called Skype 2.0, which allows users to make free or low-cost calls over a 3G network. Whether or not KT, the exclusive distributor of iPhone, will open its network to the mobile VoIP service is drawing attention.