August 30, 2009 | Korea Times - Despite increased calls for an early transition for next-generation wireless technology, South Korean telecommunication companies are still struggling to catch up with the telecom industry's ongoing problems of long-term evolution or LTE.

Citing vigorous pitches taken by the world's leading telecoms for better LTE mobile networks, industry officials and telecom experts are urging the nation's telecom regulator Korea Communications Commission (KCC) to follow a "market rule'' rather than pushing telecom players to invest in stalled third-generation (3G) based WiBro services.

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