• ETRI Journal
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.308-318
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• 2012

As mobile markets in most developed countries are rapidly coming close to saturation, it is increasingly challenging to cover the cost of providing the network, as revenues are not growing. This has driven mobile operators, thus far mostly involved in facility-based competition, to turn their attention to network sharing. There exist various types of mobile network sharing (MNS), from passive to active sharing. In this paper, we propose a model, based on the supply-demand model, for evaluating the economic effects of using six types of MNS. Our study measures the economic effects of employing these six types of MNS, using actual WiBro-related data. Considering lower service price and expenditure reduction, the total economic effect from a year's worth of MNS use is estimated to be between 513 million and 689 million USD, which is equal to three to four percent of the annual revenue of Korean mobile operators. The results of this study will be used to support the establishment of a MNS policy in Korea. In addition, the results can be used as a basic model for developing various network sharing models.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.447-456
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• 2010

Asymmetric regulation as applied to mobile termination rates refers to regulatory arrangements in which different mobile operators charge different termination rates, even though the services provided are essentially identical. The asymmetric regulation has been frequently used as a regulatory tool to support new entrants to a mobile market. This paper examines the economic effects of asymmetric regulation of mobile termination rates using a theoretical model and its simulation. The result shows that when there is no noticeable difference in brand loyalty between mobile operators with the high degree of substitutability between services provided by mobile operators, and the costs of new entrants are low, a reduction in the asymmetry of mobile access prices results in an enhancement of consumer welfare. These findings provide positive evidence for the argument that in certain situations asymmetric pricing of mobile access services may be counterproductive for consumer welfare.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.211-214
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• 2003

Since the number of mobile Internet users has been increasing rapidly around the world, the mobile business which is a variety of applications of mobile Internet has gained attention among the related industry and academics. However, most researchers mainly focus on the issues concerning the trend, forecast, technoloies, and demographic characteristics of mobile Internet services. Further, only mobile Internet users have participated in surveys, excluding network operators and contents providers. The purpose of this research is to project the evolution of mobile business and identify its critical success factors. The results of this research are from the analysis of data collected not only from mobile Internet users but also from network operators and contents providers.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.222-225
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• 2001

Policy introducing open access to the wireless network has been under discussion in the Korean mobile telecommunications industry. The policy, which directs mobile operators to allow mobile portals other than their own ones to access their network and subscribers, is expected to vitalize mobile Internet market through competition among portals. This study analyzes the impact of the policy in terms of welfare of mobile Internet users and profit of mobile contents providers. We also cover the influence of mobile Internet fee on anticipated results of the policy

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.123-131
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• 2024

The dispute between SK and Netflix, which has been going on for more than three years, ended in the direction of dropping the lawsuit and establishing a cooperative relationship between the two companies. However, as Internet traffic usage is likely to increase further in the future due to digital transformation and activation of generated AI, conflicts between domestic mobile carriers and global CP operators over network usage fees can arise at any time. In this study, the issues of the dispute related to network usage fees that occurred between SK and Netflix were examined, and different implications were drawn for each issue. The cost and scope of network usage considerations are an issue that must be determined entirely by negotiations between operators. However, if a dispute occurs between operators, user damage such as speed delays may occur, so it is necessary to prepare a policy alternative. As the domestic media industry has grown cooperatively with global CPs, it is considered important to form a reciprocal relationship between domestic mobile telecommunication operators and global CP operators regarding network usage fees in the future.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.553-564
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• 2017

We analyzed the effects of government intervention on competition structure of telecommunication companies.. Results showed a decrease in market share difference among mobile telecommunication companies due to increased competition caused by the introduction of mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) and mobile number portability. We also found that the introduction of the MVNO caused a relaxed competition structure between network operators. Furthermore, we observed an increased subscriber influx of late adapters after the introduction of the Mobile and Service Retail Regulation Law (MRL). However, we found a gradual decrease in the competitiveness of MVNO following the introduction of MRL. In addition, the introduction of Mobile and Service Retail Regulation Law had a negative impact on customer churn as well as the financial structures of telecommunication companies.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2012.10a
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• pp.498-500
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• 2012

MVNOs(Mobile Virtual Network Operator) provide mobile services without the own spectrum license and they lease the wireless networks from mobile network operators. They provide more covered service simple resellers have served. Most of MVNO provided in Korea have facilities related to subscribers not lines and switches. Therefore interconnection between MVNO and the other operators is performed by mother mobile operators. Recently following to reform the Business Act of Telecommunications, MVNOs are allowed to interconnect directly to others and there are concerning problems to this. This paper reviewed the status of MVNO regulations for major countries and draw from implications for establishing the MVNO regulations in Korea.

• Korean Management Science Review
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.127-142
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• 2007

This study deals with the optimal design of mobile access network connecting base stations(BSs) and mobile switching centers(MSCs). Generally mobile operators constitute their access networks by leasing communication lines. Using the characteristic of leased line rate based on administration region, we build an optimization model for mobile access network design which has much smaller number of variables than the existing researches. And we develop a GUI based optimization tool integrating the well-known softwares such as MS EXCEL. MS VisualBasic, MS PowerPoint and Ip_solve, a freeware optimization software. Employing the current access network configuration of a Korean mobile carrier, this study using the optimization tool obtain an optimal solution for both single MSC access network and nation-wide access network. Each optimal access network achieves 7.45% and 9.49% save of lease rate, respectively. Considering the monthly charge and total amount of lease line rate, our optimization tool provides big amount of save in network operation cost. Besides the graphical representation of access networks makes the operator easily understand and compare current and optimal access networks.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.85-90
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• 2002

This paper presents tuo implementation models for wireless service operators to offer Mobile-IP over IMT-2000 Data service under IMT-2000 network by taking advantage of the existing infrastructure for IMT-2000 services. For this purpose, a new Mobile-IP over IMT-2000-based protocol architectures are introduced and service operation schemes and handoff schemes according to various scenarios of packet data services in the IMT-2000 core network are presented. Also, this paper describes the handoff scheme in terms of channel states.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.7 no.10
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• pp.2395-2410
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• 2013

Many telecommunication operators around the world have multiple networks. The networks run by each operator are always of different generations, such as 2G and 3G or even 4G systems. Each system has unique characters and specified requirements for optimal operation. It brings about resource allocation problem among these networks for the operator, because the budget of each operator is limited. However, the evaluation of resource allocation among various networks under each operator is missing for long, not to mention resource allocation optimization. The operators are dying for an algorithm to end their blind resource allocation, and the Resource Allocation Optimization Algorithm for Multi-network Operator (RAOAMO) proposed in this paper is what the operators want. RAOAMO evaluates and optimizes resource allocation in the view of overall cost for each operator. It outputs a resource distribution target and corresponding optimization suggestion. Evaluation results show that RAOAMO helps operator save overall cost in various cases.