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Bravo the T-Store: SKT’s Flourishing App Store

Posted on 2011/10/06 by Bravo Korea

An SKT press release recently revealed the revenue from T-Store,  its Android and WIPI app storefront: 57 billion won in 2 years. According to the press release, 9.2 million SKT users are registered to the T-Store.   While the T-Store started life as a content storefront for feature phones, … Continue reading →

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4G LTE in Korea: Full Speed Ahead!

Posted on 2011/09/20 by Bravo Korea

The LTE or 4G mobile network is poised to take its next step in Korea. The bidding war over the 1.8GHz frequency over between SKT (SKT paid almost 1 trillion won for the priviledge, reckoned by some to be double the actual value). Now … Continue reading →

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No Games Category for iOS/Android Market in Korea

Posted on 2011/08/01 by Bravo Korea

My holidays have ended, but, alas,  no games category for iOS or Google Android marketplace greeted me on my return to the civilized digi-space (with my iPod and friend’s Android Galaxy S2). Legislation came into force in July to allow … Continue reading →

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Games for Open Market in Korea: Concerns

Posted on 2011/07/04 by Bravo Korea

Continuing on from my previous post on the games category finally coming to the Korean smartphone marketplace. So, compulsory age rating prior to launch becomes voluntary in the smartphone market later this week,   BUT… 1. Games with mature content … Continue reading →

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Games for Open Market in Korea: Coming Soon

Posted on 2011/06/30 by Bravo Korea

The game’s category of the Google Android Market place will finally be opening on 6 July 2011, removing Korea’s infamous status as the only Google Android market place without this valuable revenue-generating category. Whether Apple will also draw back the … Continue reading →

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Galaxy S2 Sets New Sales Record in Korea

Posted on 2011/06/13 by Bravo Korea

Korean Galaxy S2 Sales Past the 1-Million Mark in 43 Days … according to an article today in the Asia Economy (아시아경제: http://www.asiae.co.kr).  in Korea, which I’ve summed up below: Samsung Electronics announced the Galaxy S2, its new Android superstar, has sold 1 million … Continue reading →

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