Nokia may be about to make another push into South Korea's mobile phone market
Nokia and Sony Ericsson are hoping to tap Korea's huge market
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Nokia and Sony Ericsson look to Korea

Large mature market tempts global mobile giants

Simon Burns in Taipei, vnunet.com 19 Oct 2006
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Nokia may be about to make another push into South Korea's mobile phone market, according to local sources. 

The world's leading mobile handset maker is poorly represented in the country of 49 million, where mobile phone sales are dominated by local firms. Korea is Asia's third largest mobile phone market behind China and Japan.

Nokia has held discussions in recent months with Korea's two largest mobile phone operators, SK Telecom and KTF, centring on deals to distribute Nokia 3G phones in the county, according to the Korea Times

Handset support for mobile TV broadcasts and Korea's local mobile internet standards are key to any distribution deal, a KTF representative told Korea IT News.

Local regulations demand that handset vendors support Korea's local mobile internet technology, which has tended to deter foreign manufacturers.

Rival handset vendor Sony Ericsson is also in distribution talks with an unnamed local mobile operator, the newspaper reported last month.


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