South Korea clears iPhone for sale
By Chris Ziegler 
posted September 23rd 2009 12:59AM
posted September 23rd 2009 12:59AM
What, you didn't know you couldn't buy the iPhone from at least one carrier in all 193 widely-recognized sovereign nations of the world? It's true; one need look no further than South Korea, one of the most technologically-advanced wireless societies, where much of the growth over the past several years has occurred in a self-imposed bubble thanks to the existence of policies requiring the presence of a custom software layer for connecting to data services -- a layer that gave local players like Samsung and LG an almost impenetrable advantage over foreign competition. Local authorities have been loosening those restrictions in recent months, and the Wall Street Journal is reporting this evening that they've just signed off on a waiver that would allow the iPhone to be sold despite a "technical ban" that had been keeping it off shelves. Local carrier KT had been saying for a while that it intended to carry the phone, so this step seems like little more than a formality -- but in a market accustomed to T-DMB tuners, limitless color choices, and wide VGA AMOLED displays, it'll be interesting to see whether there's profit to be had.
KT Freetel operates a 2100mhz 3G network in South Korea. the 3G and 3GS support 2100mhz 3G
Hey, I'm Korean and I can pretty much guarantee it's gonna sell well. You can see from how many Koreans have iPhone in other parts of the world. Koreans are gonna pay up and become Steve's slave just like rest of the world. Damn you, over-priced phone!
south korea may use wcdma but they don't use sim cards...
they don't sell sim cards out there...
i wonder how they will get around it or if they will start using sim cards...
currently they use gsim cards or something which is different...
ah yeah usim card i mean... which isn't the same...
USIM cards are the same as "SIM" cards. They are the same shape, work the same, fit the same, etc.