VK Mobile was a South Korean company specialising in manufacturing
mobile phone
A mobile phone, cellular phone, cell phone, cellphone, handphone, hand phone or pocket phone, sometimes shortened to simply mobile, cell, or just phone, is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link whi ...
terminals. It was part of the brand name VK (short for ''Viable Korea'') which was established in 2001. It originally started as an importer of
Lithium ion polymer batteries for mobile phones in 1997, but began production of its own batteries in 2000 and mobile phones in 2001.
VK Mobile targeted primarily markets in Japan,
Hong Kong
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, China,
Europe
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, Australia,
Taiwan
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, United States and Canada. The main technology has been
CDMA
Code-division multiple access (CDMA) is a channel access method used by various radio communication technologies. CDMA is an example of multiple access, where several transmitters can send information simultaneously over a single communicatio ...
and
PCS but there have been also plans to expand into other areas.
The
CEO of the company, Yi Cheol-sang, was already famous before he started business as one of the leaders of South Korean
student activism.
On July 7, 2006, VK Mobile filed for bankruptcy after it suffered several financial difficulties resulting from operational loss.
List of phone models
*VK Mobile VK580 (2004, Q3)
*VK Mobile VK610 (2004, Q3)
*VK Mobile VK700 (2005, Q1)
*VK Mobile VK1000 (2005, Q4)
*VK Mobile VK1010 (2005, Q4)
*VK Mobile VK1020 (2005, Q4)
*VK Mobile VK2000 (2006, February)
VK Mobile VK2000 - Full phone specifications
Retrieved 26 September 2022.
See also
*Economy of South Korea
The economy of South Korea is a highly developed mixed economy. By nominal GDP, it has the 5th largest economy in Asia and the 13th largest in the world. South Korea is notable for its rapid economic development from an underdeveloped natio ...
*Communications in South Korea
In South Korea, telecommunications services improved dramatically in the 1980s with the assistance of foreign partners and as a result of the development of the electronics industry. The number of telephones in use in 1987 reached 9.2 million, a c ...
External links
VK Mobile Homepage
References
Defunct mobile phone manufacturers
Electronics companies of South Korea
Companies established in 2001
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