SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Friday it will phase out its 2G services by the end of June, a move that would mark the complete termination of the country’s aging network. The carrier said it has applied to end its 2G operations with the [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier by subscribers, started to shut down its 2G services Monday, following receiving government approval last month to terminate its 25-year-old network. The telecom operator said it has begun switching off its 2G base stations in eight provinces and the central city [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Ahead of SK Telecom Co.’s termination of 2G service, the company’s 2G customers with mobile phone numbers starting with 011 or 017 lost a lawsuit for protection of their mobile phone numbers in a civil court of appeal. According to industry sources on Wednesday, the Seoul High Court ruled [...]