The Assessment Of 3rd Generation Mobile Policy In Korea: A Web Of Stakeholder Analysis

摘要

This study traces a process and a consequence of IMT-2000 adoption: how IMT-2000 and industry's interests are aligned and coordinated in launching 3G services and standards in Korea. Using actor network theory, it examines how and why the IMT-2000 synchronous standard was developed and promoted presenting a description in which actors formulate standardization strategies based on their interests. The trajectory of 3G in Korea shows how standards selections can result in unintended consequences. Despite the focal actor's strategic efforts, the actor-network around IMT-2000 has not been effectively stabilized. This study offers a narrative history of IMT-2000 policy on how various actors and their interests caused unavoidable tension and eventually led to the failure of the policy.