“The radio laboratory’s approval is mandatory for all telecom equipment to be used locally and is considered loosely as an indicator for market release,” Tong-hyung reports.
“KT, the country’s biggest telephone company and No. 2 wireless provider, has been the most aggressive pursuer of iPhone here, beating out industry rival SK Telecom to be the first carrier to release the handsets in the country,” Tong-hyung reports.
“Although company officials declined to comment on the iPhone release, citing confidentiality issues, industry watchers expect KT to put the iPhone on shelves sometime in August,” Tong-hyung reports.
“Most industry watchers believe that the iPhone will be a success, at least out of the gate. Park Jong-soo, an analyst from Hanwha Securities, expect KT and SK Telecom to combine for 500,000 to 1 million iPhone customers in the short term, considering the pre-launch buzz and the handset’s superiority in software, user interface and data content,” Tong-hyung reports.
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