Q: What is the purpose of your visit to GMV 2009
A: I want to get in contact with companies in Korea. I think they have new innovations in mobile technology. I want to find companies which have very novel and innovative technology in the mobile industry, at the same time I hope to make a partnership with those companies for Vodafone's future.
Q: What are the strengths of your company
A: I think we have 4 strong points, which are being global, customer-focused, driven by openness, and innovation.
Q: Do you have any slogan or motto of your company
A: Yes. Our slogan/motto is "Power to you." We want that we will be the communications leader which is very helpful to customers.
Q: What do you think about GMV 2009
A: I think it was creative, forward-thinking; a good innovation cluster for mobile phone trends. I saw interest in mobile phones and handsets of new Korean small and medium enterprises. You need to go to Korea to see their major phone companies and even their medium sized companies.
Q: How many meetings did you have And how many meetings were successful
A: I had 10 meetings, 70% of them were successful, only a few were unsuccessful.
Q: Are your companies going through LTE or WiMAX
A: LTE (Long Term Evolution), because it is very innovative and it overcomes the limit of WCDMA which is third generation.
Q: Do you have any other comments about GMV 2009
A: The organization of GMV 2009 was very good. I accidentally met our company's designer for user interfaces. It's a great event, I want to come back. I didn't expect it to be this efficient, I thank KOTRA very much.
The following is an interview with J.D. Huang, Deputy General Manager of Shenzhen Konka Telecommunications Technology Co.
Q: What is your purpose to visit GMV 2009
A: First, I came here for learning and understanding the information technology of the Korean IT industry, especially the hardware and software of mobile phones. I want to combine it with KONKA's business, so I want to get higher competitive future strategy in IT area than now. Second, I want to find some business partners to improve KONKA's future.
Q: What were the three most impressive companies you met during the buyer's meetings
A: Well, I think there were 3 companies that I was most impressed with - Shell-line, Jaeyoung Solutec, and Crucial Tec. I was especially impressed with the optical joystick of Crucial Tec.
Q: Can you briefly tell me about your company
A: Konka is the electronics manufacturing company which has the 5th most cell phone market share in China. Konka is also producing electric appliances like TV and air conditioning systems. Especially, Konka has the biggest market share of TV channels equivalent to Samsung Electronics. Konka will invest more money, effort and power to the mobile market, and also by benchmarking global companies Konka will contribute to the mobile industry of China.
Q: What are the strengths of your company
A: I think the strongest point is our cost-effective products. Even though the price is very low, the quality of the products is very good and reasonable. For example, I cannot say the specific name of the company, but Konka has a relationship with a famous global company as an OEM, an original equipment manufacturer. I'm sure that Konka offers very powerful competition because of the quality versus the price.
Q: What is the most impressive overall event in GMV 2009
A: I was pretty excited because of two. One is the very varied programs of GMV 2009. It was absolutely useful. I learned a lot from conferences of global companies like SKT and KT, and I saw many kinds of new technology products which were made with mobile enterprises. Among the products I was so amazed because of the software which is the mobile application program, it was greatly diverse and included plenty of mobile content.
The other is mobile marketing. I was very touched about the marketing strategy of SK Telecom and KT, and I surely think it is the future direction of Konka's marketing and the mobile marketing of all of China too.
Q: Do you have any other comments about GMV 2009
A: I hope that Konka will do a good business through GMV 2009 by cooperating with Korea and global companies, moreover KONKA will contribute to China. Lastly, I appreciate KOTRA very much to give me a chance to participate in GMV 2009. I want to come back next year.
The following is an interview with Yoshihito Sugiyama, Director of the Machine Communication Service Office for NTT-DoCoMo, Inc.
Q: What is your purpose to visit GMV 2009
A: I want to contribute to NTT DoCoMo's business by learning and applying excellent technology which is from Korean mobile companies. Also I want to find venture businesses which have competitive power. At the same time I want to help them easily enter the Japanese market.
Q: What are the strengths of your company
A: First, Not only we are providing various mobile services to customers but we are also challenging many fields. We are supporting the whole life, starting from cellphones to Internet-applied products. Second, we have our own laboratory for new technology. We also have mobile technology which can be applied to real life. We are investing in R&D areas very plentifully. Last is human resources. NTT DoCoMo has a lot of talented men.
Q: What is the most impressive point of GMV 2009
A: This is the first time that I visit to Korea, I was pretty shocked to new-born mobile enterprise of Korea. In spite of company size they have very strong and competitive power in the global market, and they have amazing technology too.
Q: Do you have any other comments about GMV 2009
A: First of all, I wish to thank KOTRA for giving me a chance to participate.
I hope that every mobile company as well as NTT DoCoMo share new information and mobile technology through GMV 2009. In the future, I hope that the mobile industry develops more than now, thus I want the mobile industry to be more useful for real life.
