KT Plans to Ask for More iPhones Due to Excessive Demand

KT, the second largest mobile carrier in South Korea plans to request more iPhones from Apple to cope with unprecedented demand.

"We've got some 90,000 iPhone new subscribers, including 53,000 pre-orders after KT officially began local sales of the smartphone on Nov. 28. Although KT is receiving more from China, we need more,'' a KT representative said Thursday.

The Korea Times notes that KT has been expanding the supply of iPhones to local outlets from this week. Currently, South Korea has just 400,000 people using smartphones.


"Triggered by iPhones' debut in South Korea, the market for smartphones offering e-mail and Web browsing is on a healthy track, giving us a need for more iPhones,'' the representative said.

KT is forecast to sell over 700,000 iPhones next year if it maintains its current exclusive sales right, according to a recent report by Japanese investment bank Nomura.

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