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Navy to Hold Trial Program Allowing Sailors to Use Mobile Phones aboard Warships

Navy to Hold Trial Program Allowing Sailors to Use Mobile Phones aboard Warships

SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Navy plans to conduct a trial program that will allow sailors to use mobile phones with internet connection while out at sea in an effort to improve their living conditions, officials said Tuesday. The Navy currently restricts using mobile phones with such connection aboard warships due to security [...]

Survey Shows that Each Household Possesses at Least One Unused Mobile Phone

Survey Shows that Each Household Possesses at Least One Unused Mobile Phone

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey has revealed that each South Korean household possesses at least one unused mobile phone, along with an average of 11 chargers and cables for electronic appliances. On October 13, a day before International E-Waste Day, Green Korea United unveiled the results of a survey conducted with the participation [...]

On the 50th Anniversary of the First Mobile Phone Call, New Study Finds People Would Rather Give Up The Gym, Sports, Netflix — Even Sex — Than Their Phone

On the 50th Anniversary of the First Mobile Phone Call, New Study Finds People Would Rather Give Up The Gym, Sports, Netflix — Even Sex — Than Their Phone

ATLANTA and STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Fifty years after the first mobile phone call was made on April 3, 1973, a new mobile communications survey has been commissioned by Sinch (publ), the company powering meaningful conversations between businesses and their customers through its Customer Communications Cloud. The survey reveals how vital mobile phones are to our lives, [...]

Gov’t to Officially Allow Enlistees’ Mobile Phone Use at Barracks Next Month

Gov’t to Officially Allow Enlistees’ Mobile Phone Use at Barracks Next Month

SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Rank-and-file soldiers will officially be allowed to use their mobile phones after work starting next month, the defense ministry said Friday. Since April 2019, the ministry has allowed all draftees to use mobile phones, which had previously been banned for security reasons, on a trial basis. “The trial implementation [...]

Majority of 5G Users Dissatisfied with Limited Coverage

Majority of 5G Users Dissatisfied with Limited Coverage

SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — It has been six months since 5G was commercialized, and many users are still not satisfied with the service. According to a survey of 180 5G users by three civic groups including the People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, 76.6 percent said they were dissatisfied, including those who were very [...]

More than 63 pct of S. Koreans Use Mobile Phones for Financial Services: Poll

More than 63 pct of S. Koreans Use Mobile Phones for Financial Services: Poll

SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 63 percent of South Koreans have used banking and payment services via smartphones as a growing number are getting familiar with the tech device in their everyday lives, a central bank poll showed Tuesday. The survey of 2,597 adults, conducted by the Bank of Korea (BOK) last [...]