- T Academy opens mobile design expert course to provide a full set of education offerings for those who wish to
   become mobile experts
- First class of the course will be consisted of 20 students and will begin on July 30 after receiving applications until July 10
- T Academy produced a combined total of 419 professionals since the opening of its application development expert course
   and planning expert course, and contributed to the establishment and rise of start-ups

Seoul, Korea, July 2, 2012 — SK Planet announced today that T Academy, its IT education and training institute founded to
nurture mobile experts and a healthy mobile ecosystem, will further expand its course offerings by opening
a mobile application design expert course. 

With the addition of the course, T Academy is fully set to serve as a place where mobile application developers, planners
and designers can join forces to create attractive and competitive applications.

The mobile design expert course, which includes classes in understanding of UX trends, UI planning, scenario making
and design skills, has been devised to deepen designers' understanding in the overall process of mobile design work
and enhance their ability to develop user-centered UI designs.
* UX: User Experience, UI: User Interface

With the addition of this course, T Academy has completed building an optimal education environment where talented people
can become qualified experts in the areas of mobile application planning, development and design, the three components
that form a competitive mobile application.

Moreover, T Academy is also offering various networking programs to enable students and graduates of the expert courses 
to form valuable relationships, while working to create a new business environment where its graduates themselves can
launch start-ups.

The first class of the mobile design expert course will consist of 20 students. The four-week course will open on July 30
after receiving applications until July 10. Prior to the official course opening, T Academy will hold a workshop on July 27,
 inviting all students in its expert courses to come and enjoy the networking opportunity. The course will take place at
T Academy headquarters located in Seoul National University Research Park. For more information, visit the Open
Innovation Center website at http://oic.tstore.co.kr.

Meanwhile, since its establishment, T Academy - through its mobile application development expert course and planning
expert course - has produced 240 experts in Android and iPhone application development and 179 experts in mobile
application planning. Around 100 different applications developed by the graduates of these courses, including 'Me Player'
and '30 Seconds' that surpassed over 200,000 downloads, have been released on application stores like T Store. At present,
the tenth class of Android application development expert course and third class of iPhone application development course
are being operated by T Academy since June 25. In addition, the ninth class of content planning expert course will begin
on July 16.

"T Academy is building a new education ecosystem that can nurture experts in mobile content development, planning and design,
the three core components that form a mobile application," said Kim Young-chul, SK Planet's Head of Open Collaboration
Promote Center. "We are committed to creating a new win-win model where its quality education and training courses can lead to
the establishment of diverse start-ups."