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, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Beginning in July next year, the government will impose 10-percent value-added taxes on smartphone applications sold on overseas open markets such as Google Play and Apple App Store. According to a plan announced by the Ministry of Strategy & Finance on August 6, it would assess taxes on apps sold on foreign [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A smartphone application designed exclusively for teenagers and their parents has been rolled out to offer special features to protect the teens’ smartphone addiction and provide online counseling services. On July 15, SK Telecom, largest mobile carrier in Korea, introduced the teenage protection app “T Teenager Safe Pack 2” [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom said on June 18 that it has launched a new service called “T Benefit” that notifies the user all benefits provided by the company, as well as the rate plan and additional services the user has signed up. T Benefit gathers all benefit information scattered around the company’s [...]
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 [...]