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Since the birth of iPhone, the said device from Apple spread all over the globe with rising number in the market. With iPhone comes different iPhone applications that people can enjoy on the go made iPhone more sellable to people. This also paved way for developers to make more applications that they can sell to the millions of iPhone users.

The world is feasting on the iPhone craze, but not South Korea. The Korean telecommunications companies don’t agree quite well with iPhone’s applications since most of them would grab a big chunk of their companies market.

But just recently, South Korea’s telecommunications regulator finally gave a go signal to sell iPhones in the country. The selling of the device has been approved after the Korea Communications Commission’s meeting with five of its commissioners. Other telecommunication companies showed their interest in selling the iPhone in their respective companies. The date of the device’s release, however, was not yet announced.

Either ways, this is good news for Apple and the various iPhone applications developer who can all benefit from this decision. The device is also set to release in China by the fourth quarter.

Reference:

Olsen,K. (2009, September 23). South Korea approves sale of Apple’s iPhone. Retrieved September 23, 2009, from http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090923/ap_on_hi_te/as_tec_skorea_iphone.