Finally, Apple is going to start selling iPhone in South Korea very soon. As reported by Reuters today, local regulator cleared the final hurdle for sales of the blockbuster phone in a market home to 47 million mobile phone users.

“Korea Communications Commission said in a statement on Wednesday it would grant Apple’s South Korean unit a license that allows collecting information on locations and provide services such as map, phone locating and related marketing.“

Apple is in discussion with KT Corp, the country’s No. 2 mobile carrier, to introduce iPhone. It reported that sales would start soon, probably end of this month, though the date is not confirmed yet.

iPhone launch in S. Korea would be face-off with the world’s second and third-biggest mobile phone makers, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, in their home turf.