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Follow on Google News | New Market Study Published: South Korea Telecommunications Report Q1 2011Recently published research from Business Monitor International, "South Korea Telecommunications Report Q1 2011", is now available at Fast Market Research
Focus this quarter has been on driving up the number of smartphone handsets, with market leader SK Telecom announcing it would increase smartphone offerings this year by 30%. The operator is planning to offer its customers the Samsung Bada platform, and it is in talks with Nokia over offering the Symbian operating software (OS). Furthermore, Google's Android platform is being offered. The operator will deploy 10 new smartphones in Q410, bringing the total to 24 models for the entire year. SK Telecom is faced with aggressive competition from KT, which is the exclusive provider of the Apple iPhone handset. LG Uplus (formerly LG Telecom) was late to enter the smartphone market, but will largely focus on the Android platform. The company has set itself the ambitious target of 40% of its total handsets being smartphones by 2010. To make itself attractive to customers, the operator announced the introduction of a number of new applications such as mobile internet voice calls and Facebook applications. There were a total of 50.216mn mobile subscribers as of September 2010, following 606,000 net additions in the quarter, which was down from 631,000 and 1.035mn net additions in Q210 and Q110 respectively. BMI forecasts that the final quarter of 2010 will also once again see relatively weak growth so that by the end of the year, we expect there to be 50.516mn subscribers. Over the next five years ended 2015, we anticipate average annual growth of 1.7% to end on a total of 54.822mn and a penetration rate of 111%. The maturity of the broadband market, with around 16.718mn subscribers as of May 2010 (latest published data), is still seeing growth emerge largely from wireless. This is expected to be fuelled further after KT announced the commercial launch of the Apple iPad on November 30 2010. The operator already had around 40,000-50,000 units pre-ordered before the final weeks of commercial launch and had been expected to double the number of pre-orders to 100,000 units. Like that of the smartphone handset market, rival SK Telecom has also sought to launch rival devices to the iPad such as the Samsung Galaxy tablet computer. While SK Telecom currently has an exclusive agreement to offer the Galaxy, Samsung is also in talks with LG Uplus, which is also looking to enter the market. For more information or to purchase this report, go to: - http://www.fastmr.com/ Partial Table of Contents: Executive Summary SWOT Analysis - South Korea Wireline SWOT - South Korea Mobile SWOT - South Korea Political SWOT - South Korea Economic SWOT - South Korea Business Environment SWOT Business Environment Ratings - Asia - Table: Asia Telecoms Business Environment Rankings - South Korea - Industry Forecast Scenario - Mobile - Table: South Korea Telecoms Sector - Mobile - Historical Data & Forecasts - ARPU - Table: South Korea Telecoms Sector - ARPU - Historical Data & Forecasts - Fixed Line - Table: Telecoms Sector - Fixed Line - Historical Data & Forecasts - Internet - Table: South Korea Telecoms Sector - Internet - Historical Data & Forecasts Market Data Analysis - Mobile - Table: South Korean Mobile Market Net Additions, Q310 - Table: South Korean Mobile Market, Q310 - ARPU & MOU - MVNOs - 3G - Mobile Contract Wins - Mobile Content - Regional Outlook - Country Outlook - Value-Added Services Timeline - Table: Selected VAS Services, 2008-2009 - Mobile Operator Data - Table: South Korea Mobile Market Overview - Table: SK Telecom - Table: KT - Table: LG Telecom - Fixed Line - Table: South Korean Local Access Market (PSTN + VoIP), September 2010 - Domestic Long Distance (DLD) - Broadband - Table: South Korean Broadband Market, May 2010 - Table: South Korea Broadband Access Types By Operator, May 2010 - IPTV - WiBro - Wireline Developments - Table: Wireline (Fixed-Line And Broadband) Developments - Regulatory Environment And Industry Developments - Table: Division Of Regulatory Responsibility In South Korea - Legislation - Industry Developments Regulatory Developments - Competitive Landscape - Competitor Analysis - Table: Key Players - South Korea Telecoms Sector - Table: Selected Operators Financial Indicators, 2001-2009 (US$mn) Company Monitor - ZTE - Table: ZTE: Research And Development Budget (CNYmn), 2005-2009 - Table: ZTE: Major Asia Contracts Award Operator Profiles - KT Corporation - SK Telecom - SK Broadband (Formerly Hanaro Telecom) Regional Telecommunications Penetration Overview - Fixed-Line - Table: Regional Fixed-Line Penetration Overview - Broadband - Table: Regional Broadband Penetration Overview - Mobile - Table: Regional Mobile Penetration Overview Country Snapshot: South Korea Demographic Data - Section 1: Population - Table: Demographic Indicators, 2005-2030 - Table: Rural/Urban Breakdown, 2005-2030 - Section 2: Education And Healthcare - Table: Education, 2002-2005 - Table: Vital Statistics, 2005-2030 - Section 3: Labour Market And Spending Power - Table: Employment Indicators, 2001-2006 - Table: Consumer Expenditure, 2000-2012 (US$) - Table: Average Annual Wages, 2000-2012 Glossary Of Terms - Table: Glossary Of Terms BMI Methodology - How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts - Table: Key Indicators For Telecommunications Industry Forecasts - Telecoms Business Environment Ratings - Risk/Reward Ratings Methodology - Table: Ratings Indicators - Weighting Full Table of Contents is available at: -- http://www.fastmr.com/ About Business Monitor International Business Monitor International (BMI) offers a comprehensive range of products and services designed to help senior executives, analysts and researchers assess and better manage operating risks, and exploit business opportunities, across 175 markets. 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