Sep 232009
So far, South Korean legislation has prevented Apple from releasing its iPhone into the country – the box did not use enough domestic technologies.
However, it looks like this will change soon. The Wall Street Journal reports the following:
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The Korea Communications Commission made an exception to a rule that requires cellphones sold in the country to use domestic technology for location-based services such as GPS. The commission’s action comes after months of consumer pressure. South Korea has long stood out as one of the few technically advanced countries that doesn’t allow the iPhone.
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As of now, no further information is available…
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Why are you referring to technical device with the term “the box” that often?
Hi Ryan,
no idea – thanks for pointing this out. I will try to keep it in mind!
All the best
Tam Hanna
P.S. Got the term from mainframe computing – they used to call their VAX devices boxen…