iPhone cleared for sale in South Korea

Earlier this week, South Korean officials gave Apple the go-ahead to sell the iPhone in South Korea. At this point, the ball is in Apple's court; the iPhone can launch at any time.

It was way back in December of 2008 that The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) dropped requirements that handsets use the locally-built WIPI mobile platform, and April of 2009 before those changes went into effect. In September Apple received permission to sell the iPhone in South Korea and just this week were formally issued a business license.

Since then, Korean carriers KTF and SK Telecom have been in talks with Apple regarding distribution, but no details of an official deal have been announced. We'll keep you posted with additional details as they become available.

[Via Macworld]

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Source: http://www.macworld.com/article/143914/2009/11/iphone_skorea…

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Earlier this week, South Korean officials gave Apple the go-ahead to sell the iPhone in South Korea. At this point, the ball is in Apple's...

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pika2000

Well, to succeed, Apple need to hire some of the Korean boy bands/pretty boys for advertising then. Samsung and LG are doing it to no end (even with their own music video/variety show). Without some star power to appease the fan girls, I don't think the iPhone has a chance to compete with the likes of Samsung in their home turf.

November 19 2009 at 12:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

David Son

does any korean telecom sell sim cards yet?

November 18 2009 at 9:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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manchoi44

so using my iPhone 3Gs while on vacation in Korea this winter is still a no-go, eh?

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Visitnazn

There are roaming agreements in place, so your iPhone will work in South Korea. I just returned from there last week and had no problems with my iPhone.

November 18 2009 at 7:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

alessio Tilli

ISNT KOREA CDMA? OH YEA 1ST

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Pixelmatsch

LGT uses EV-DO Rev. A, SKT and KTF deployed HSDPA some time ago. All three were relying on CDMA before that.

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