
"Sony Ericsson is in talks with Korean mobile carriers about installing the WiFi wireless Internet platform on its phones to be launched in Korea," said a spokesman for SK Telecom, Korea's leading mobile carrier by subscribers.
Sony Ericsson may launch high-end phones in Korea in the second half of 2007, when HSDPA is commercialized, the spokesman said. SK Telecom hasn't yet decided whether to buy mobile phones from Sony Ericsson, he said. Officials at Sony Ericsson couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
South Korean manufacturers such as Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics dominate the domestic handset market. In South Korea, around 40 million people out of a population of 48 million carry at least one mobile phone.



