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Telcos to See Mediocre Q1 Earnings amid Virus Woes

SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecommunication firms are expected to post weak earnings in the first quarter of the year, analysts here said, as 5G marketing costs still weigh down their bottom lines amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. The combined operating profit of the country’s three mobile operators — SK Telecom Co., [...]

Local Data Plans “Very Expensive”

SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Newly released research findings show that Koreans pay 70 times more for smartphone data plans than Finns, and rank second highest on a list of 41 countries. Rewheel, an international business consulting firm based in Finland, recently analyzed thousands of data plans in 41 countries either belong to the [...]