Abstract
The Korean government awarded two 3G license by a comparative evaluation system in December 15, 2000. In the beginning, it was supposed to select three operators of two W-CDMA technology and one CDMA technology. But only two IMT-2000 licenses were granted to Korea Telecom IMT (KT IMT) and SK based on W-CDMA technology because other providers, LG Glocom and Korea IMT-2000 Consortium, failed to get the minimum total points or least partial points for IMT-2000 license. A third licence using CDMA technology was awarded later in 2001 and commercial service will begin in May 2002. This paper analyzes the Korean mobile telecommunications market structure and carriers' 3G strategies in Europe and Asia telecommunications market. In the prospect of Korean mobile telecommunications market structure, it also includes the trend of the mobile telecommunications and service deployment from 2G/2.5G to 3G. We discuss how the market structure and business direction of five existing operators are changing by comparing the strategies of the Korean 3G service carriers.
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