南韩宽带中小企业市场商机大
作者： AMi-Partners
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来源： 《电脑商情报》
时间： 2006-04-21 11:45
Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) in South Korea are likely to spend US$1.65 billion on beefing up their Internet infrastructure and solutions this year, accounting for up to 13 percent of the total IT and telecom spending there, according to AMI-Partners. "The deregulation of the telecom sector by the government resulted in the formation of one of the best telecommunication infrastructures in the world," says Avimanyu Datta, a market analyst at AMI-Partners. "This has helped fuel the enormous growth of the country's Internet and wireless market."
AMi-Partners finds that South Korean companies have not only been forerunners in deploying 3G telecom applications, but they are already developing prototypes and core technologies for fourth-generation mobile communications within the next few years.
"South Korean citizens enjoy relatively cheap telephone and broadband network services, high-speed cable modems, and DSL services," Mr. Datta says. "South Korea is the most prominent emerging superpower in IT spending and particularly in Internet adoption." Almost all medium businesses and 81% of SBs already have access to the Internet. However, close to a third of these MBs use dial-up access and therefore an untapped market still exists in the broadband Internet arena.
Internet drives SMB growth
"[The] Internet is fast becoming a name synonymous with business growth and opportunities among SMBs in Korea," remarks Avimanyu Datta. He adds, "Korea is the most prominent emerging superpower in IT spending and particularly in Internet adoption. Among SBs of developing nations, 81% is a fairly good penetration."
AMI-Partners says one of the reasons for this high penetration is that the Korean SMBs could successfully link Internet as a strategic growth driver to enhance their competitive position, rather than just an economical channel for communication. AMI-partners research has shown that standardizing PCs on the most recent version of operating system, high speed bandwidth, and Internet Security are among top IT focus areas for Korea's SMBs. High speed Internet such as DSL, ISDN, and cable modems are becoming commonplace.
Research has shown that 61% of Korea PC SBs and over three-fourths of Korea PC MBs believe that using the Internet for sales, marketing and customer support activities will help them strengthen their customer relationships. Half of Korea's MBs have indicated their willingness to change their business processes in order to enable efficient deployment of Internet-based applications. "The appreciation of the recursive relation between Internet adoption and business process re-design will positively flatten the learning curve that most firms experience while adopting the Internet for businesses," mentioned Mr. Datta.
Market overview
AMI -Partners says the South Korean economy grew 4.2% in 2005. The country is traditionally strong in all aspects of hardware manufacturing; it has an international electronics manufacturing industry and is also a prime semiconductor manufacturer at a global level. In Addition, South Korea makes leading edge products, including computers, peripherals, PDAs and displays.
AMi-Partners finds that South Korean companies have not only been forerunners in deploying 3G telecom applications, but they are already developing prototypes and core technologies for fourth-generation mobile communications within the next few years.
"South Korean citizens enjoy relatively cheap telephone and broadband network services, high-speed cable modems, and DSL services," Mr. Datta says. "South Korea is the most prominent emerging superpower in IT spending and particularly in Internet adoption." Almost all medium businesses and 81% of SBs already have access to the Internet. However, close to a third of these MBs use dial-up access and therefore an untapped market still exists in the broadband Internet arena.
Internet drives SMB growth
"[The] Internet is fast becoming a name synonymous with business growth and opportunities among SMBs in Korea," remarks Avimanyu Datta. He adds, "Korea is the most prominent emerging superpower in IT spending and particularly in Internet adoption. Among SBs of developing nations, 81% is a fairly good penetration."
AMI-Partners says one of the reasons for this high penetration is that the Korean SMBs could successfully link Internet as a strategic growth driver to enhance their competitive position, rather than just an economical channel for communication. AMI-partners research has shown that standardizing PCs on the most recent version of operating system, high speed bandwidth, and Internet Security are among top IT focus areas for Korea's SMBs. High speed Internet such as DSL, ISDN, and cable modems are becoming commonplace.
Research has shown that 61% of Korea PC SBs and over three-fourths of Korea PC MBs believe that using the Internet for sales, marketing and customer support activities will help them strengthen their customer relationships. Half of Korea's MBs have indicated their willingness to change their business processes in order to enable efficient deployment of Internet-based applications. "The appreciation of the recursive relation between Internet adoption and business process re-design will positively flatten the learning curve that most firms experience while adopting the Internet for businesses," mentioned Mr. Datta.
Market overview
AMI -Partners says the South Korean economy grew 4.2% in 2005. The country is traditionally strong in all aspects of hardware manufacturing; it has an international electronics manufacturing industry and is also a prime semiconductor manufacturer at a global level. In Addition, South Korea makes leading edge products, including computers, peripherals, PDAs and displays.
