In South Korea, the country's three incumbent carriers, SK Telecom, KT Freetel, and LG Telecom, are already the defacto winners of three licenses.

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Last November KT and SK Telecom agreed to a stock swap.

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The exact countries haven't been outlined, although it's easy to imagine Apple going for those countries where 4G speeds matter the most: there's been rumblings of talks with KT and SK Telecom in South Korea, but we could also see France, Germany, Japan and Scandinavian countries in the mix.

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