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To: Voltaire who wrote (4081)	9/27/2000 8:51:02 PM
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Korea May Delay New Mobile Internet Service, Paper Says 9/27/00 5:01:00 PM Source: Bloomberg News URL: cnetinvestor.com Seoul, Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The Korean government may delay the new high-speed Internet access services for mobile phones if technology standards are unified, the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper said, citing Information and Communications Minister Ahn Byung Yup. ''If operators all want the wideband code division multiple access the government will accept that,'' Ahn was quoted as saying in an interview. ''The government can delay launching of the service to later than planned June 2002 if the service standards are unified as W-CDMA (wideband code division multiple access).'' The government will also provide measures to encourage local development of W-CDMA-related equipment if standards are unified, he said. Still the government will not force operators on the selection of the standards, the paper said. The Ministry of Information and Communications this month delayed for one month an application deadline for new high-speed Internet access services in the hope bidders will reach a consensus on standards. Ahn met representatives of the three bidders -- SK Telecom Co., LG Group, and Korea Telecom Corp. -- and three equipment makers on the decision. The government plans to award licenses by year's end. The delay highlights a conflict over standards between the government and operators. The ministry reportedly wants SK Telecom to adopt a version of CDMA from U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc., while SK Telecom has said it would rather switch to wideband-CDMA, developed in Europe. Korea is the largest market for CDMA with 43 percent of 60 million users worldwide. Samsung Electronics Co., Korea's largest electronics maker, in August asked the government to press at least one of Korea's three bidders for licenses to choose a new mobile Internet standard it supports, Qualcomm Inc.'s cdma2000. (The JoongAng Ilbo, 9/28, p. 33) See {JNDN } for Web page Ö¿Ö