SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carriers said Wednesday they have opened a unified app store for their smartphone users, as part of an effort to bolster their presence in the growing app content sector dominated by two app giants: Google and Apple. The One Store is a consolidated mobile version of [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The three biggest mobile network operators in Korea, SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus have joined forces to launch a unified app store platform, One Store, in a move that will combine their current offerings, T Store, Olleh Market and U Plus Store. The three mobile operators invited 350 app developers [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) - A recent study shows that the two global giants, Google and Apple, are devouring Korea’s mobile content market while domestic proprietary contents are losing their grounds. According to the Korea Mobile Internet Business Association, the size of last year’s mobile content market was 2,433.5 billion won, in which Google [...]
SEOUL, Korea, May 1, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – To prevent unintentional mobile application payments, various institutional strategies will be provided such as obligated password input and exposure of payment information notice while using the app markets. The Korea Communications Commission announced the regulatory plans on April 29 to reinforce safety measures of the mobile app [...]