South Korean mobile operators KT, SK Planet and LG Uplus have launched a unified app store dubbed ‘One Store’ for their smartphone users. The launch is in line with the operators’ strategy to boost their presence in the app content sector dominated by Google and Apple, Yonhap news agency reports. One Store is a consolidated mobile version of KT's Olleh Market; ‘T Store’ operated by SK Planet; and ‘U+ Store’ by LG Uplus. The three partners expect around 1.7 million smartphone users to visit the One Store every month.
One Store is available for smartphone users through a version upgrade of the existing app market on the handset. App developers can sell their products on the app market by uploading the product only once on the One Store. Up to now, they had to register it separately on the existing app stores. Develoers will not have to make different apps for each app store.
