www.WirelessFederation.com/news: LG, the handset manufacturer, intends to launch the 3G version of the very popular LG Wine series, which has been a success with more than 2 million units sold globally.
The 3G version will be unveiled in Korea in September’09, via SK Telecom, KTF and LG Telecom.
The key features of LG’s Wine phones are the large screen and keypad, quick-access keys, text-to-speech, and the simple overall design.
On 07.29.09, In Mobile, By Editor
On 07.06.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Samsung launches Samsung SPH-W8550 mobile handset in the Korean mobile market. The device will reportedly available in three colors, namely rose black, snow white and valentine pink.
The handset features a 3.5 inch WVGA AMOLED screen and a 5 Mp autofocus camera to click superior quality pictures, a 3.5 inch jack-in and GPS facility. The phone utilizes Samsung’s latest 3D UI and supports DviX video.
The handset also sports a ‘One-finger Zoom’ function, T-DMB, and Navigation support.
The Samsung SPH-W8550 will be available in Korea for a price of $700 via SK Telecom, KT and LG Telecom.
On 05.15.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Korea ended April with a mobile subscriber base of 46.497 million, as the operators added 262,000 new subscribers during the month. SK Telecom’s subscriber base at April end stood at 23.468 million subscribers, up from 23.348 million in March. KTF followed with a subscriber base of 14.627 million as it added 80,000 new subscribers, including resale customers at KT. LG Telecom came third with 8.402 million subscribers at April-end as it added 61,000 new subscribers.
On 04.14.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: South Korea’s three mobile phone operators, led by SK Telecom Co., said Tuesday that their subscribers will be able to use universal instant messenger service this week.
Mobile phone users, regardless of the telecom services they subscribe to, will be able to send and receive instant messages through mobile devices starting Wednesday, they said.
Individual mobile carriers had to date been offering instant messenger services that were available only within their own networks. The companies said they had successfully worked on interlocking the instant messaging services.
SK Telecom, the country’s leading telecom service provider, holds up to 51% of the country’s mobile phone market, followed by KTF Co. (KSE:032390) with 32 per cent and LG Telecom Co. with 18%, according to government data.
For more information, please visit www.sktelecom.com/
On 03.16.09, In Mobile, By Editor
3 Sweden/Denmark has selected Vidiator Xenon Hosted Delivery Platform (XHP) to power its Planet3 Portal and enable more efficient access to applications and downloads for subscribers, the two companies announced today.
Xenon Mobile Streaming Platform has become the industry’s de-facto standard, adopted by more than 20 operators and content providers in 20+ countries around the world including: ‘3,’ PCCW, Vodafone, NTDoCoMo, Sprint, KTH, LG Telecom, BSkyB, Onsetel, CNN and AT&T to name a few.
“Vidiator provides 3 Sweden/Denmark with a complete, end-to-end solution for mobile content delivery. This enables us to fully focus on the ‘campaign’ and driving revenue, rather than having to focus on the technology. Moreover, the Xenon technology allows us to differentiate our content offering while delivering great mobile experience,” said Andreas Cedborg, head of innovation for 3 in Sweden and Denmark.
“With Vidiator we do not have to worry about the ingestion, adaption and delivery and can focus our efforts on the creative and commercial aspects. Xenon is a proven, key component of our services, and really helps us maintain our market leadership,” continued Cedborg.
XHP manages all facets of encoding, asset management, dynamic bandwidth adaptation, billing integration, device adaptation and mobile streaming and download deliveries “out of the box.” In just a few clicks content managers can upload content, while XHP automatically and seamlessly adapts delivery to any number of multiple devices. XHP supports streaming to the majority of handsets available today and the technology can detect which encoding is optimal to what device automatically.
“Opening up walled gardens and letting in content owners directly address targeted subscribers is quickly becoming a cost-effective and efficient model. As more and more content and services come online, operators increasingly are turning to hosted, 3rd-party platforms like Vidiator to deliver their branded services because they can do this with huge time-to-market gains,” said Connie Wong, Vidiator CEO.
“Moreover, we see mobile streaming and content at a positive tipping point — mobile network capacity and speed are improving the quality of delivery. Operators know that they can depend upon Vidiator Xenon streaming and encoding technologies, which have gone through nearly ten years of aggressive R&D, rigorous testing and proven itself via highly successful and large-scale operator deployments and industry awards,” continued Wong.
About Vidiator
Vidiator is changing the way people use mobile with technology that enables carriers and content providers to deliver live and on-demand TV, music and 3G multimedia services and targeted content to mobile devices. The company’s flagship product Xenon has become the industry’s de-facto standard with deployments in 20+ countries on four continents, with customers including AT&T, Sprint, NTT DoCoMo, “3,” Vodafone, PCCW, Sprint, KTH, LG Telecom, BSkyB, Onsetel, CNN and Alltel. Vidiator is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, USA, with offices in England, China, Korea, Spain and Italy. For more information please visit www.vidiator.com.
On 03.05.09, In Mobile, By Editor
The subscriber base of Korea totalled to 45.99 million at the end of February, after the addition of 211,000 new subscribers during the month. SK Telecom led the market with the net addition of 100,000 subscribers and ended February with 23.22 million subscribers, including 9.04 million WCDMA users.
The strong contender KTF added 58,000 and the subscriber base totalled to 14.48 million, followed by LG Telecom which ended the month 8.29 million subscribers after gaining 53,568 new subscribers in February. LGT reported the addition between 20,000 and 30,000 new subscribers per month.
On 01.06.09, In Mobile, By Editor
South Korea posted a subscriber base of 45.6 million at the end of 2008, as per the recent statistics. SK Telecom has added 52,000 in December 2008, the subscriber base totals to 23.03 million. The strong contender, KTF has ended month with 14.37 million customers, after adding 36,000 new subscribers. In Dec’08, LG Telecom subscriber base totals to 8.21 million, after gaining 23,303 subscribers.
On 12.11.08, In Mobile, By Editor
LG Telecom, CEO Jung Il-jae, said that the telco is planning to launch 4G mobile services in 2013. ‘Further upgraded 4G mobile communications service will be provided beginning 2013 upon establishing a nationwide network, once low-band frequency is secured next year,’ Jung added. In 2009, operator will focus on securing spectrum in the 800MHz-900MHz range. The telco would disagree with plans to auction spectrum for such frequencies, due to SK Telecom already holding 800MHz frequency, revealed Jung.
On 12.02.08, In Mobile, By Editor
South Korea’s leading wireless carrier, gained more customers than its rivals in November, maintaining its lead in the country’s telecom market, according to data released by mobile carriers.
SK Telecom reported that it attracted a net 51,768 customers last month, with its total subscription base increasing to 22.97 million.
KTF Co. ranked second, drawing in a net 35,175 users, bringing its customer base to 14.32 million. The smallest company, LG Telecom Ltd., attracted an additional 22,726 customers, with its total number of customers reaching 8.18 million.
Based on the figures, South Korea had 45.47 million mobile service users out of a population of 49 million as of the end of last month.
Users of KTF’s 3G service, a third-generation wireless service that allows faster data transfers compared to second-generation CDMA-based services, reached 7.97 million as of the end of last month, followed by SK Telecom’s 3G service with 7.88 million subscribers, according to reports.
For more information please visit www.sktelecom.com
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