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KT
General Information
Location South Korea
Frequency 2.3 GHz; 27 MHz
Coverage 12+ Million POPs
Market Consumer
Services Mobile Broadband
Devices Indoor modems, Dongles, PC Cards, Handsets, Laptops, Netbooks, embedded devices
Published: September, 2008
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KT
• Mobile Internet Pioneers– By EOY 2007 KT had deployed 600 base stations covering 12
million POPs
– 200,000 subscribers as of June, 2008
– Subscriber growth slowed during economic crisis – but is picking back up
• 29 percent rise in revenues quarter-on-quarter and a year-on-year rise of 57 percent for 2Q2009
• High Demand for Mobile Services– From 1994 to 2005 Korea ranked second in productivity growth with
annual average gains of 3.9 percent (OECD’s Employment Outlook)
– Korean consumers tend to be early adopters of Mobile technology
– WiBro enjoys strong support from the Korean government
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