Hold your horses, the Thunder hasn’t launched yet no matter where you are in the globe, even if you were in hi-tech Korea. Koreans are known for their advanced wireless lifestyle and, finally, they will get a chance to try out being a CrackBerry. The reason is the Ministry of Knowledge Economy and the Korea Communications Commission. They have finally allowed the BlackBerry software to operate in Korea. Korea is a restricted country when it comes to mobile software platforms. Every cellphone has to use the locally developed platform called WIPI. But after constant pressure from the corporate front (mostly coming from foreign investors), Korea has finally yielded. An official from the Ministry of Knowledge Economy did not mince words. “There have been continuous requests from foreign investors that they should be able to use the BlackBerry here. This issue has been raised as a hindrance to investment,” he says.

“The government has decided to apply exemption provisions among the regulations to the BlackBerry, classifying it as a PDA used for business purposes” He requested to leave his name unmentioned, though.

[source via cellphones]