SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of streaming service subscribers are frequently canceling and joining other streaming platforms as they look for new series and other videos. These subscribers pay for a subscription on a streaming platform, enjoy the videos available to them until the subscription expires, and move on to a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s 5G subscribers exceeded exceeded the 25 million milestone just three years and three months since 5G services were launched, data showed Thursday. The Ministry of Science and ICT reported that there were over 25.1 million 5G subscriptions as of July. 5G accounted for 33.3 percent of all [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Mobile phone-based vehicle management services that enable users to enjoy Wi-Fi inside vehicles and provide them with various information, including vehicle location and driving route, are enjoying rising popularity with the number of subscribers growing at a steady pace, data showed Sunday. The number of subscribers for such services [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Global streaming giant Netflix saw its subscriber numbers soar in South Korea last year due to changes in people’s media usage patterns caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a report said Monday. According to the report by market research firm Nielsen Korea, the monthly unique visitors to Netflix in South [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s 5G subscribers exceeded 9 million in September, data showed Monday. The number of 5G subscribers stood at 9.25 million as of the end of September, up 590,643 from the previous month, according to data from the Ministry of Science and ICT. The latest figure accounted for 13.2 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of subscribers of the local video streaming service giant Wavve has topped 10 million on rising demand for a wide variety of content, the company said Monday. Wavve was launched last year by South Korea’s top mobile carrier, SK Telecom Co., and terrestrial broadcasters KBS, MBC and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of subscribers to 5G mobile networks topped 7 million in June, after the country began to offer the fastest mobile service in April last year, data showed on Monday. The country had 7.37 million 5G users as of June, up 493,101 from the previous month, according to [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of new 5G subscribers rose by a record high in May for this year, with total network users reaching just under 6.9 million, official data showed Tuesday. The latest findings showed 5G subscribers increasing by 536,997 in May compared to the month before, exceeding the previous monthly [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean 5G mobile network users are estimated to have reached around 7 million as of late May, just 14 months after the country adopted the ultrahigh speed telecom service, data showed Tuesday. The number of 5G subscribers in the nation is 6.9-7 million, roughly equal to 10 percent [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 6 million South Koreans were subscribed to 5G mobile networks as of April, a year after the country adopted the service, government data showed Monday. The number of 5G users in the nation reached 6.34 million as of the end of April, up 7.8 percent from a [...]