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Testing Market for Emerging Technologies in IT & Telecom

Dominant Design is the key technological designs that become a standard inthe market place.

S. Korea is the best place for testing commercial potentials of newly developedinnovative technologies in IT and Telecom. Once a new technology issuccessful in S. Koreas testing market, it could become a global dominantdesign such as in the case of Qualcomms CDMA technology.


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Commercialization as Dominant Design Strategy

Commercialization as Dominant Design Strategy is a strategic way to makeyour innovative technology as a dominant design by forming a businessecosystem.

TechIPm, LLC provides the strategy and business development consultingservices by launching your technology prototype in S. Koreas testing marketbase on more than 10 years business experiences in S. Korea.


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National Strategy for 4G & Beyond 4G MobileInnovation

Korea Communications Commission" (KCC:http://eng.kcc.go.kr/user/ehpMain.do) announced a press release that the firstpriority for S. Korea's nationalstrategy in the global wireless telecommunication innovation competitions is todevelop integrated standardization of 4G mobile technology such as MobileWiMAX-Evolution, LTE-Advanced, and IMT-Advanced. KCC also set up astrategic support plan for Beyond IMT-Advanced essential technology

development and IPR for the standard technology.

KCC's 4G & Beyond 4G Mobile Innovation plan is a part of S. Korea's strategicpolicy for next generation wireless telecommunication innovation, in which1.5 billion US dollars will be invested until 2013.

As a part of the KCC's strategic efforts, an online site (http://www.spectrum.or.kr/) for supporting the implementation of flexiblespectrum policy will be launched.
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National Strategy for Green IT Innovation

S. Korea's "Green Growth Committee"(http://www.greengrowth.go.kr/) said thatthe first priority for S. Korea's national strategy in the global green IT innovationcompetitions is to develop green IT technologies targeting the internationalstandards from the start.

According to the green growth committee's strategic planning, the S. Koreangovernment will invest 2 billion US dollars annually until 2012 for green

technology research and development (R&D).

As a part of the green growth committee's strategic efforts, a task force for thepublic-private collaborations will be launched for the development ofinternational green IT standards and their IPR (essential patents).
http://www.greengrowth.go.kr/http://www.greengrowth.go.kr/


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Essential Patent Supporting Center

Korea Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) established the "Essential PatentSupporting Center" as a part of an official organization for Korea Institute ofPatent Information (KIPI). The main role of the center is to support Koreanindustry for developing IPRs for standardized technologies, especially in IT andTelecommunications.

KIPO announced that the "Essential Patent Supporting Center" will be operated

as a public-private collaboration and will provide essential patent informationand expert consulting for promotion of Korean industries' global leadership inIPRs for standardized technologies.


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M2M: S. Korean Telcos New Strategic Options

S. Koreas major telecom service providers SKT and KT selected M2M as anew strategic business option for the next generation profit center:

SK Telecom formed a new business division, IPE (Industry ProductivityEnhancement) center, for the development of new M2M innovativetechnologies and providing M2M based B2B services. SKT aims $20 B marketcreation based on M2M services for conventional industrys productivity

enhancement.

S. Koreas largest Telco, KT, also plan to provide M2M based B2B servicesusing 3G mobile and Mobile WiMAX networks. The KT's M2M services are alsotargeting several newly developing green businesses such as smart grids and

environment monitoring services.

In parallel with the private sectors efforts, Korean government (KCC) are goingto launch several trial projects by providing M2M test-bed platform forpublic-private collaborations. KCC also plan to assign a unique IP address for

each individual M2M devices to form a network of things.



New Mobile WiMAX Services in S. Korea

According to the KCC (Korea Communications Commission), there will be anew mobile WiMAX (Korean brand name WIBRO) service provider in additionto the current operators, KT and SK Telecom. The new mobile WiMAX operatorwill be about 1B US$ initial capital MNO consortium consisting of MVNOshareholders. KCC is planning a new frequency allocation (2.3 GHz or 2.5 GHzwith10 MHz bandwidth) in early 2010 for the start of nation-wide full commercial

services in 2011.

The new All-IP based mobile WiMAX network is expected to provide the voice(mVoIP) as well as the broadband data services in a truly fixed-mobile andvoice-data convergence environment for each MVNOs customized services

such as m-learning, m-logistics, and m-healthcare etc.



Songdo u-City: Global IT Innovation Hub

Songdo u-City is a new city in Incheon, S. Korea for creating innovative livingenvironment for international business (NY Times: Korea's High-Tech Utopia,Where Everything Is Observed:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/05/technology/techspecial/05oconnell.html?_r=)

Recently the Songdo u-City got a media attention due to its hosting of new

global IT innovation centers:

Cisco is going to invest $2 billion dollars over the next five years starting from2010 for the development of Smart Connected Communities solutions for theu-City.

GE plans to establish a global IT-health R & D center in Songdo u-City. GE willinvest $42 million for the next five years for the development of state-of-the-arthealthcare IT solutions.
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Future Network 2020 Forum

Koreas main institutes for ICT (Information & Communication Technology)R&D and policy - Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI),Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), and National Information SocietyAgency (NIA) recently opened the 'future network 2020 forum (FN 2020) forthe promotion of S. Koreas global leadership in future ICT innovations.

The FN 2020 forum will provide visionary strategy and supporting government

policy for the development of innovative network infrastructure and relatedservice models for the future information society: 4G and beyond 4G mobilenetwork technologies, standardization in fixed-mobile convergence networks,policy and technologies for secure network environment, open networkarchitecture for network neutrality implementation, and testing platform for the

new service models development in emerging ICT markets.



4G Smart Phone Innovation Cluster

Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE: www.mke.go.kr) announced theplanning of mobile phone cluster formation for global leadership in 4G mobilephone innovations. According to MKE, about 200 M $ will be invested to thepublic-private collaboration project for the construction of 4G mobile phoneinnovation ecosystem.

All the stakeholders for mobile phones will be located in the cluster for a

complete collaborative environment from R&D to production and field tests tokeep the S. Koreas leadership in rapidly changing global mobile phone market.Global mobile phone manufactures such as Samsung and LG and major S.Koreas Telco such as KT and SKT expressed their participation in the mobilephone innovation cluster.
http://www.mke.go.kr/http://www.mke.go.kr/



Mobile Cloud Computing Test-Bed & Standardization

Korea Communications Commission (KCC) and ministry of knowledgeeconomy (MKE) jointly announced the initiation of mobile computing test-bed.The mobile computing test-bed is a part of the government project planning,Cloud Computing Global Leadership, to invest about 0.5 B$ until 2014.

The mobile cloud computing test-bead is one of 8 cloud computing test-bedproject and will be operated by public-private partnerships. The five-year

government cloud computing project also includes the establishment of cloudcomputing data center for government agencies.

In parallel with the cloud computing promotion initiation, TTA, which is the mainstandardization body in S. Korea, is going to push the cloud computing

standardization through global standardization bodies.



4G Mobile IPTV Services

According to the Wikipedia, mobile IPTV is a technology that enables users totransmit and receive multimedia traffic including television signal, video, audio,text and graphic services through IP-based the wired and wireless networks.Through Mobile IPTV, users can enjoy TV services anywhere and even whileon the move.

Korea Communications Commission (KCC) recently announced that mobile

IPTV services based on mobile WiMAX will be provided at the G20 SeoulSummit in November. The worlds first mobile IPTV services had already beendemonstrated in the last years ASEAN-Korea Summit hold in Jeju Island.

KT, S. Koreas major MNO, is now planning the commercial mobile IPTV

services using the 4G iPhone as a part of its fixed-mobile convergence (FMC)services.



3D Industry Supporting Center in S. Korea

Korea Electronics Association (KEA) recently announced the establishment ofthe supporting center for 3D industry in S. Korea. As the James Cameron'sAvatar Movie triggered the worldwide interested in 3D multimediaentertainment, global consumer electronics giants, Samsung, Sony, and LG,expressed theirintroduction of 3D TV and intension of aggressive investment in R&D for 3Drelated technologies. KEAs 3D Industry Supporting Center aimed at the

promotion of 3D industry in S. Korea in parallel with the global trends in 3Dconsumer electronics market.

The 3D center is expected to play a key role in the development of innovative3D technologies, global standardization of 3D technologies, and operation of

a collaborative body for intellectual property related issues.



Strategic Promotion of Invention Capital

Korea Institute of Advancement of Technology (KIAT) recently announced theRFP for the strategic promotion of the first invention capital in S. Korea.The invention capital was first proposed by Korean Intellectual Property Office(KIPO) last year following the model of IV (Intellectual Ventures).Base on $5 M seed funding from Korean government, the invention capital isgoing to raise the fund at the level of $0.5 B in 5 years.

Currently, KITA is playing a role as the IP management organization for theinvention capital, and is operating Twitter site ip_capital'(twitter.com/ip_capital) for the promotion of the invention capital.

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