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On the heels of the government decision to legalize MVNOs in the country, South Korea’s KT Corp has signed up three companies as its first MVNO clients. The government made MVNOs legal back in March but the change in law comes into effect next month.
According to Joongang Daily’s report, KT has signed up with: Entaz, which will offer a mobile portal service with games, cartoons and electronic books; Free Telecom (not sure what their plans are) and Evergreen Mobile that will offer prepaid voice and data services to foreign visitors and temporary workers.
Commenting on the move, KT’s director of Fast Incubation Center, Gwak Bong-gun, said: “We will help these companies offer differentiated service and find untapped, niche markets so that together we can create a mobile ecosystem.”
Now that MVNOs are legal in South Korea, I would expect more companies to launch their mobile services. Among the usual suspects are usually major supermarket chains and eventually other global MVNO providers such as Virgin Mobile…
[Via: CellularNews]
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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.
