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Articles tagged with: Kt and Lg
South Korean W-CDMA base exceeds EV-DO in fourth quarter
All three South Korean operators have now reported their Q4 08 results. The South Korean market is one of the most stable in the world, and it was thus no surprise that market shares remained unchanged both quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year, with SK Telecom (Skt) on 50.5%, kt Freetel (ktF) on 31.5% and LG Telecom (LGT) on 18.0%. In fact, barring a minor blip in June, there was no change in market shares on a monthly basis either throughout 2008. more
Related Tags: 3g, arpu, cdma, cdma2000-1x, sk-telecom, ktf, cdma2000, kt-freetel, ev-do, Korea South
SK Telecom, KT Freetel and LG Telecom Q3 2008 Results
The third quarter of 2008 saw SK Telecom (Skt) maintain its market leadership in almost every regard. In a highly stratified market, it was no surprise that it still had the largest subscriber base with 22.88m, compared to 14.26m for kt Freetel (ktF) and 8.14m for LG Telecom (LGT). Its dominance of the figures for quarterly net additions was also predictable given that it had topped the market for this metric for the previous seven quarters. However, it added just 131.6k new customers in Q3 08, its lowest gain since Q3 06 - the last quarter in which it failed to lead the market. ktF recorded net additions of 93.3k, up 29.8% year on year, while LGT saw its lowest figure since Q1 05 with a gain of just 66.8k. more
Related Tags: arpu, sk-telecom, ktf, kt-freetel, Korea South
The number of South Korean mobile users finished just short of 45m at the end of June, with a total of 44.98m. The market remains highly stratified with SK Telecom (Skt) the clear market leader. At the end of June, it had 22.74m customers and 50.6% market share, up 0.1pp year on year. It has gained the highest figure for monthly net additions every month since October 2006, a 21-month run. Moreover, in absolute terms it has consolidated its lead over second-placed kt Freetel (ktF), increasing the gap from 7.85m at the end of June 2007 to 8.58m a year later. more
Related Tags: w-cdma, ktf, kt-freetel, Korea South
Asia Pacific - W-CDMA base grows 74% in the year, EV-DO base up 17.7%
Asia Pacific saw record 3G net additions in Q1 2008 as 13.3m new connections were made, taking the total to 136.3m - a 53.7% increase with respect to Q1 2007. Here we only include CDMA EV-DO, and not standard 1x connections, as 3G; including 1x connections the total rose 37.7% to 264.3m. However, the source of growth in the base was undoubtedly W- CDMA, the 3G technology of the GSM family which accounted for almost 86% of all the mobile connections in Asia Pacific at the end of March. The number of W-CDMA customers grew 74% in the year to reach 98.4m, with a record 12.3m new customers joining in Q1 2008. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, w-cdma, sk-telecom, ev-do
DoCoMo & KT Freetel to Jointly Procure 3G Phone from LG
Japan's DoCoMo and South Korea's kt Freetel have announced that they are to jointly procure a 3G handset model from LG Electronics. The handset is LG's WINE model, which DoCoMo will sell as the FOMA L706ie in Japan from August, while ktF plans to introduce the model in South Korea from September. more
Related Tags: docomo, ktf, hsdpa, kt-freetel, Korea South
South Korea - Market Remains Stable Despite Record Churn Rates
The number of mobile connections in South Korea reached 44.27m at the end of March 2008, with just under 260.0k net additions in the month. This was 21% lower than the March 2007 figure of 329.1k. On a quarterly basis growth was also down, with net additions of 768.5k in Q1 08 compared to 904.1k in Q1 07, and proportionate growth falling from 2.2% to 1.8%. However, the Q1 08 growth rate was higher than the rates recorded in both Q1 05 and Q1 06, and on a rolling annual basis the growth rate of 7.7% was the third highest over the past three years behind the 7.8% and 8.2% rates of Q3 07 and Q4 07 respectively. more
Related Tags: ktf, kt-freetel, Korea South
South Korea - Another slow summer south of the 38th parallel
The latest figures from the three South Korean operators indicate that the total number of mobile customers was 42.8m at the end of September. This represents an annual growth rate of 7.8%, with net additions of 3.1 million in the year. more
Related Tags: sk-telecom, ktf, kt-freetel, Korea South