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Like it’s not enough that they already have some cool exclusive handsets in the country, Korean government wants to subsidies cell phone buyers through nation’s three carriers.
The new plan will allow telcos to provide users with up to $400 discounts, thus allowing more users to get a (second?) mobile phone. At present there are about 40 million mobile phone users in the country of 50 million people.
Previously, handset subsidies were outlawed in Korea (since March 2003) to cutthroat competition among carriers, which had provided mobile phones at giveaway prices. (via: SlashPhone)
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
