From this month, the regulation covering femtocell installation, a small base station, will be deregulated due to new actions taken by the telecom regulator, KCC (Korea Communications Commission).
While mobile data traffic is surging in …

The Korean government said it would introduce the so-called “Smart Work” system, which permits anyone to work anytime and anywhere by using the Internet and smart phones. The new system would be expected to make …

Cloud computing, which is Internet-based computing that enables a user to use services on demand, is expected to expand quickly thanks to strong Korean government support along with private companies interested in the possibility of …

The South Korean regulator said Tuesday it will exempt retail buyers of the iPad from obligatory state registration starting May, clearing the way for local technophiles who want to buy the latest tablet PC by …

South Korea’s three mobile carriers will launch a unified app store for smartphone users in the second half of next year, the country’s telecom regulator said Tuesday.
The unified app store will serve as a retail …

Korea plans to invest 1.5 trillion won including 1.2 trillion by investment from the private sector over five years by setting a goal to be a “Smart Mobile country.” To that end, the Korean government …

In Korea, the first malicious software for smartphones was discovered. (Refer to: “Vulnerable Smartphone” in TK Insight Issue #1)
According to KCC, 155 of Windows Mobile-based smartphone users using Samsung and LG models were infected as …

South Korean operators of online shopping malls said Friday they have unlisted the iPad, a new tablet computer by Apple, from their Web sites, citing regulatory concerns that reselling the popular product without a government …

As of March 24th, Chinese equipment manufacturer, Huawei, has been excluded from KT’s large-scale mobile WiMAX project. The superficial reason given is that Huawei will not be able to meet KT’s new requests for specific …

A South Korean regulator’s recent decision to limit the marketing costs of telecom operators will not positively impact them, the global credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service said Wednesday.
Moody’s released a special comment, saying that …