SK Telecom: SK Telecom is the first Korean telecom operator to launch CRBT service. Its predecessor was Korea Mobile Communications (KMT), which was established in 1984. ? 1994, SK group began to participate in the operation of the Kuomintang and became the largest shareholder. 1997, KMT officially changed its name to SK telecom.
SK Telecom originally had only one brand, namely SPEED? 0 1 1。 In order to provide personalized services to users of different ages, SK Telecom has launched several service sub-brands: i-kids for children, TTL-Ting for teenagers from 13 to 18, TTL for young people in their twenties, UTO for high-end users aged 25-35 and CARA for married women. Among the brands launched by SK Telecom, according to the mobile terminal equipment, there are two sub-brands, JUNE and NATE. NATE allows users to access wired and wireless Internet, while JUNE is a CDMA2000? 1x EV-DO multimedia service.
KTF: We learned from the "Transnational Mobile Communication Industry Summit Forum" that KTF, the second largest telecom operator in South Korea, plans to abandon CDMA and establish HSPA network within three years. It is expected that all users will switch to the network by 20 10.
KTF, founded in 1997, is the second largest telecom operator in Korea. In 2002, KTF began to establish a CDMA-based system.
EV-DO's 3G network. South Korea has a population of 48 million. By the end of 2007, there were more than 44 million mobile phone users, and the market became saturated. In order to meet the global roaming needs of high-end users, KTF began to establish HSPA network in 2007.
LGT:LGT is the third largest operator in Korea, accounting for about 65,438+08% of the market. It has a CDMA network and upgraded it to CDMA2000 EV-DO RAV A in 2007. LGT's 3G brand is OZ, and its main target group is also young people. Because EV-DO RAV A has stronger data transmission capability, LGT tries its best to tap this technical potential and guide users to surf the Internet with mobile phones. LGT launched the slogan of "Easy to use 3G" and launched the OZ brand, providing rich and cheap applications. They brought more Internet content to mobile phones, and provided users with wide-screen and touch-screen mobile phones to facilitate users to surf the Internet.
South Korea's three major telecom operators started 3G services as early as a few years ago. June 5438 +20001October, SK Telecom of South Korea took the lead in opening the world's first commercial network CDMA2000 1x in the 800MHz band. In May of 20001,KTF, the second largest mobile operator in Korea, also launched commercial CDMA2000 1x service in 1800MHz band. In the same month, LGT, the third largest mobile operator, also launched CDMA2000.
1X service. South Korea's 3G market is not the earliest among the countries developing 3G in the world, but it is one of the fastest growing markets.