SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A new government report has revealed that South Korean LTE networks are significantly slower in rural areas compared to major cities. According to the network quality evaluation released by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Information Society Agency on Tuesday, network speeds in rural areas were estimated [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has again topped a ranking of countries in terms of Internet connection speed, according to a quarterly survey released Tuesday. South Korea’s average Internet connection speed stood at 26.1 Mbps during the fourth quarter of last year, marking the only country with a speed of over 25 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The speed of WiFi-connected Internet services have become faster this year thanks to improved equipment, especially in subway stations, government data showed Wednesday. The average downloading speed using WiFi networks across the nation stands at 144.73 megabits per second this year, up 57.5 percent from 91.87 Mbps in 2015, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea boasts among the world’s fastest Internet connection speeds. A recent study added to the country’s pride, revealing that Korea also outranks major cities around the world when it comes to LTE. According to the study announced Wednesday by the Korea Telecommunications Operators Association, which looked at LTE connection [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Mobile Internet speeds in Seoul are the fastest among seven cities in the world, a survey by a U.S. mobile analytics firm showed on Tuesday. In Seoul, a median download speed for the wireless network run by mobile carrier LG Uplus is 74.7 Mbps, followed by Madrid with 44.6 [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea ranks 134th of the world’s 170 countries in terms of internet connection speed, a U.S.-based media report said Wednesday. According to the Voice of America (VOA), North Korea’s internet speed remained at 2.0 Mbps, a mere one-thirteenth of South Korea, which has the fastest Internet connectivity speed [...]