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North Korea close to 2 million 3G subscribers |
April 26, 2013
North Korea's sole 3G network operator has managed to double its subscriber base in a little over a year and is about to hit 2 million users.Koryolink launched service in the final days of 2008 and has become one of the most visible foreign partnership success stories in the country. The network operator is jointly owned by Egypt's Orascom Telecom Media And Technology Holding (OTMT) and North Korea's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. Orascom holds a 75 percent majority stake with the remainder in the hands of the government.Before Koryolink's service began, mobile phones were an unusual sight in Pyongyang, but that has changed in recent years. Visitors speak of seeing scores of citizens talking and texting from mobile handsets.The services on offer to users aren't too different from those in other countries -- voice, text and mobile Web. But there is one key difference: Koryolink customers cannot directly place international calls, send text messages overseas or access the Internet through their handsets.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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