The Joongang Daily carried an interesting story about the possibility that Apple will bring its market-leading iTunes Store to Korea, making it the second Asian market for the service, following Japan. As noted in the article, domestic online music stores are concerned about the move. The accompanying graphic shows which companies currently dominate Korea's market (click on graphic to see a full size version). The article discusses various pros and cons of local services versus Apple's iTunes, and is worth reading. I would only add that, in the big picture, Apple is typical of many large American companies that view the Korean market as a niche and are slow to localize their services in order to compete effectively here.
Kamis, 16 Februari 2012
Apple to introduce iTunes store in Korea?
The Joongang Daily carried an interesting story about the possibility that Apple will bring its market-leading iTunes Store to Korea, making it the second Asian market for the service, following Japan. As noted in the article, domestic online music stores are concerned about the move. The accompanying graphic shows which companies currently dominate Korea's market (click on graphic to see a full size version). The article discusses various pros and cons of local services versus Apple's iTunes, and is worth reading. I would only add that, in the big picture, Apple is typical of many large American companies that view the Korean market as a niche and are slow to localize their services in order to compete effectively here.
Korean government reviews Google's new privacy policy
Google's new privacy policy has received a great deal of attention around the world, and Korea is no exception. Yonhap News and most of the other major media here are reporting that the Korean government will assess Google's policy to see if it complies with local laws. Although Google controls about 80 percent of the world's search market, it has struggled here in Korea and began to make progress in the local market only after introduction of Apple's iphone in late 2009.
Senin, 13 Februari 2012
Press reports on internet download speeds
Today's English edition of the Chosun Ilbo online carried a report headlined "Seoul's Seocho Internet Connection Fastest in the World." The report indicated that the U.S. company pandonetworks had compared connection speeds of countries around the world last year and found that Seocho-dong in Seoul had a download speed of 33.5 mbps.
As readers of this blog will know, I recommend consulting the quarterly reports State of the Internet reports issued by Akamai. See my post on the Akamai report for the second quarter of 2011. The third quarter 2011 Akamai report has now been released and shows that Korea maintains its world number one ranking in download speeds. Figure 9 of that report shows Taegu as having the fastest download speeds in South Korea at 21.5 mbps, followed by Taejon at 20.1 mbps.
As readers of this blog will know, I recommend consulting the quarterly reports State of the Internet reports issued by Akamai. See my post on the Akamai report for the second quarter of 2011. The third quarter 2011 Akamai report has now been released and shows that Korea maintains its world number one ranking in download speeds. Figure 9 of that report shows Taegu as having the fastest download speeds in South Korea at 21.5 mbps, followed by Taejon at 20.1 mbps.
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