Asia Express - East Asian ICT
SK Telecom to Offer T Store Applications to Lenovo Smartphones
November 12, 2010
SK Telecom announced on November 8, 2010 that the company has signed a MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Lenovo to preload SK Telecom's mobile application store, T Store, on Smartphones manufactured by Lenovo, according to the Korea IT Times. It is reported that SK Telecom plans to sell paid applications in the Chinese market, which is dominated by free applications currently. As per the agreement, SK Telecom and Lenovo will create a global content management system that will connect T Store platform to Lenovo's platform, thus, allowing Korean developers to upload applications at T Store and receive real-time download information. It is estimated that approximately 12% of the Android-based Smartphones in China are manufactured by Lenovo, according to the Korea IT Times again.