SEOUL, Korea, May 1, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Mobile telecommunications service providers reported disappointing earnings performances in the first quarter. A variety of negative factors have contributed to the earnings shortfalls but the most prominent cause seems to be the increase in marketing costs. On April 30, according to the mobile telecom industry, SK Telecom’s [...]
![[Stats] Market Shares of Big 3 Mobile Carriers](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/이통사점유율-영문.jpg "[Stats] Market Shares of Big 3 Mobile Carriers")
[Related Article] Will KT Operating Alone Change the Market Dynamics? (Korea Bizwire, April 29) As mobile telecommunications market as the company is the last runner for aseries of suspensions ordered by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, a big change is expected in the market dynamics.… (see the full text of this news) [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 29, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)– As KT starts operating alone in Korea’s mobile telecommunications market as the company is the last runner for a series of suspensions ordered by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, a big change is expected in the market dynamics. KT seems quite determined to make up [...]
![[Kobiz Stats] Monthly Average Household Spending on Telecoms Services](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/가계통신비-영문.jpg "[Kobiz Stats] Monthly Average Household Spending on Telecoms Services")
[Related Article] Mixed Prognosis on Unlimited LTE Rate Offers by Mobile Operators (Korea Bizwire, April 4) To a decision by three mobile telecom service providers on April 2 to offer their LTE customers unlimited data rates, stock analysts were mixed in their verdict. Some said it was one of the worst moves for their bottom [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – To a decision by three mobile telecom service providers on April 2 to offer their LTE customers unlimited data rates, stock analysts were mixed in their verdict. Some said it was one of the worst moves for their bottom line while still others suggested it could be an [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) – From April 1, 3G and LTE mobile phone service users whose phone number doesn’t begins with “010″ (011, 016, 017, 018, and 019) will get no voice and text services any longer. The number of the unfortunate users is 2,155. That’s because the government’s extended offer to change the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Jan 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The K-Pop Hologram Performance Stage will open on the 9th floor of the Fit-in Shopping Mall in Seoul’s Dongdaemun on January 17. With financial support from KT (8.3 billion won) and the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (1 billion won), the 1,650-square-meter stage consists of the [...]
SEONGNAM, Korea, Dec 20 (Korea Bizwire) – korea’s largest telecom company KT said on December 19 that it would launch “Magic Voice,” the service that combines voice recognition technology with its “All-IP” service, jointly with Internet portal Daum Communications. With the Magic Voice service, the user can listen to music that best matches her state of mind [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 06 (Korea Bizwire) – On December 6, KT(www.kt.com) announced that it would have an ‘Everyday with KT TV’ event until December 31st. This event, full of prizes, is being promoted to advertise KT’s new UCloud TV album function. The prizes range from children’s books and Sony Playstation 4 to Samsung digital cameras and Apple [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug 30 (Korea Bizwire) – KT announced on August 29 that 26 medical staffers from Kazakhstan visited its Advanced Institute of Technology on the previous day to learn about KT’s health care service, as well as Korea’s next-generation medical technology that combines information and communications technology. The medical team from Kazakhstan has visited [...]