According to the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications, total mobile subscribers are 33.59 million people, as of the end of December, 2003. Accordint to IDC, the Korean wireless Internet market size is UDS 1.04 billion in 2002. It showed the increase of 99.7% again 2001. in 2003, it exceeded approx. USD 1.8 billion. It is expected that the large market of approx. USD 6 billion will be opend in 2007.
[Estimated Sales of Wireless Internet CP Service Charge] (unit: million USD, %)
~Source: IDC, 2003.5~
It is anticipated that the mobile game, moving animation service will largely grow by the data transfer speed and terminal enhancement (2.5G to 3G) from 2004. Also , it is estimated that M-Commerce market such as LBS and Mobile payment will rapidly grow.
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[Estimated Sales of Wireless Internet CP Service Charge] (unit: million USD, %)
| Year | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Wireless Internet | 461.864 | 1,040.339 | 1,727.563 | 2,677.723 | 3,842.533 | 5,052.950 | 6,046.471 |
| Increased Rate | - | 2.25 | 1.66 | 1.55 | 1.44 | 1.32 | 1.20 |
| Service Charge | 41.548 | 190.205 | 336.875 | 435.779 | 490.110 | 985.316 | 1,179.062 |
| Ratio | 9.0 | 18.2 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 |
~Source: IDC, 2003.5~
It is anticipated that the mobile game, moving animation service will largely grow by the data transfer speed and terminal enhancement (2.5G to 3G) from 2004. Also , it is estimated that M-Commerce market such as LBS and Mobile payment will rapidly grow.
Directory of Content Providers
| Company | 3R Games |
| Description | 3R Games is a promising mobile contents provider in Korea. Our main business area includes developing mobile games, mobile character services and mobile fortune-telling services. Our products have taken leading positions in the respective service categories of SK Telecom and KTF. Started as a new business division of 3R in the year 2000, 3R games was spun off August 2002. Games= Parapa Dance (Dance Fever), Skirt Fighter, TV Live Football |
| Contacts | C.E.O: Park, Kisung, Contact Person: Lee, Kwangjae (VP) email: valence@3rgames.co.kr Tel: +82-2-840-3646 Website: http://www.3rgames.co.kr |
| Company | Anicom Software |
| Description | Anicom Software is a leading company for developing and servicing mobile games worldwide. Since established in April of 1996, we have developed many excellent mobile games as a venture company. Anicom Software develops and services its products which cover wide varieties based on WAP, BREW, JAVA and WIPI. Games= |
| Contacts | C.E.O: Park, SeungJin, Contact Person: Bobby Gill (Manager Strategy & Planning Unit) email: kilmisan@anicom.co.kr Tel: +82-2-765-5082 Website: http://www.anicom.co.kr |
| Company | Animedia Entertaintment |
| Description | Near the end of 1998 the huge Korean game market still had yet to produce sufficient number of competitive domestic games. Animedia was founded to fulfill this need. Since then, Animedia has become the first domestic game contents company to produce a 3D juvenile game, also makeing an RPG based on a comic book to export countries like China, Japan, and Europe. Animedia introduced the game Big Biz Tycoon to the Northern American market. It was selected as Activision's top 5 games in 2002. Games= Eska Gaia |
| Contacts | C.E.O: Jay Son, Contact Person: Sehong, Kim (Marketing Div. Planner) email: shkim@animedia.co.kr Tel: +82-11-308-5311 Website: http://www.animedia.co.kr |
| Company | AstroNest |
| Description | AstroNest is a multiuser-focused online and mobile game developer and publisher aiming to establish an Internet entertaintment game group (EGG) since it began in Oct. 1999. AstroNest challenges the limits with a vision of producing entertaining games for today's digitalized generation using its edge in creativity and technology. Games= AstroN, Love Plus, Bae Chil-Su's Suda Game, |
| Contacts | C.E.O: Kim, Hwan-Gi, Contact Person: Choi, Chang-youl (Planning Manager) email: xingwin@astronest.com Tel: +82-31-755-5227 (Ext. 104) Website: http://www.astronest.com |
| Company | Com2uS |
| Description | Com2uS Corporation, established in August 1996, became the first and leading mobile entertainment provider in Korea. Com2uS games can be found in over 40 countries in Asia, Europe and North America. Com2uS' value proposition to the operators is the ability to increase their revenue while giving end-users a game they can enjoy anyplace and anytime. Com2uS offices in Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing and London Support these operators and customers in one of the most far-fetched mobile game distribution networks in the world with the potential for Com2uS games to reach over 700 million mobile phone users. Games= Andre Agassi COM2US |
| Contacts | C.E.O: Park, Ji-Young, Contact Person: Saeran Chay (Senior Manager) email: saeran@com2us.com Tel: +82-2-6292-6018 Website: http://www.com2us.com |
Of course, these information are taken from KIPA (Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency).. it is interesting to note the descriptions because it can really tell you how far a company can go. Otherwise, it enlightens you with the mindset of a games company.
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