Thus, Korea and Saudi Arabia will construct a government level channel for exchange and cooperation in the field of IT. Both countries will hold an IT cooperative commission, dispatch a representative group of specialists to each other and hold technical exhibitions. Through these activities, cooperative exchange between both countries is expected to be made in various fields of mobile communication, ultrahigh Internet, e-government, information protection, and software.
In addition, Minister Roh Jun-hyong had a conference with the Minister of Information and Communication of Saudi Arabia to discuss cooperation in the field of high-tech IT such as WiBro/DMB, training of IT personnel that Saudi Arabia is interested in, and construction of the e-government that Saudi Arabia is already implementing. He developed diplomatic IT activities for the advancement of the Korean IT industry into a nation of Islam and for expansion to the Arabian Peninsula.
The Ministry of Information and Communication participated in the Korea-Saudi Arabia IT business forum held in Saudi Arabia and in the Korea-Saudi Arabia civil economic cooperative commission where about 100 figures from the Saudi Arabian government and industries were present. There, the Ministry introduced the status of the development of the Korean IT industry, together with high technology like WiBro and DMB and held a technical demonstration of WiBro and DMB.
This event was a good opportunity for Korea to highlight its image as strong IT power in Saudi Arabia and to improve the image of the Korean IT companies and products.
Construction of the channel between both governments for IT cooperation is expected to increase export of IT products like mobile phones to make the environment advantageous for advancement of WiBro and DMB into the local market, and to expand chances that the Korean IT companies can penetrate into the local market. Especially through the demonstration of WiBro and DMB, Samsung Electronics made a contract for supply which will make a contribution to promoting the WiBro business of Bayanat that is a data communication company in Saudi Arabia and is preparing for commercial service from July. Therefore, the effect of export through sales of terminals is also expected.
