Korea has emerged as the prime test bed for new wireless communication technologies.
Chosun Ilbo notes that if U.S. consumers are now able to surf the Internet with their Sony Playstation Portable games console, it is because the Japanese electronics maker Sony developed the new functions based on tests in Korea.
For example, Sony Computer Entertainment Korea first offered a movie and music online service on the Playstation through wireless LAN in cooperation with Korea's KT in May. It was the first practically service model and was used by some 100,000 Korean customers.
Encouraged by those results, Sony developed the online service for the global market. This service allows users to download files, surf the Internet, or send e-mails with their games console.
Why Korea?
What attracts developers is the country'’s significance as a global IT power.
As of this May, the number of hot spots -- places with a wireless Internet connection -- numbered about 16,000 sites in Korea; this accounts for more than a third of the worldÂ’s total of 36,000. Moreover, the new satellite DMB service is more active in Korea than in Japan.
Sony Korea president Yun Yeo-eul says, "Korea will continue to serve as a test bed for next-generation service because consumers are quick to embrace new services and it has a well-equipped network."
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