Articles tagged with: Ktf and CDMA2000 1x

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, lg, sk-telecom, cdma2000, kt, kt-freetel, ev-do, Korea South

South Korea's KTF Reports 5 Million 3G Subscribers

South Korea's KT Freetel (ktf) has reportedly signed up its 5 millionth 3G subscriber - since the service launched 14 months ago. The company said that its 3G tariff, "Show" continues to draw subscribers at a rapid pace, adding more than 2 million users over the past four months. The net increase in "Show" users was 609,185 in March, the largest ever.  more

Related Tags: wcdma, cdma2000, kt, kt-freetel, ev-do, Korea South

3G Licensing Instrumental in Driving Network Equipment Market

IDC Research has reported that China, India, and Korea accounted for 78% of total mobile subscribers in the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ region in 2005, up from 76% in 2004. The total mobile equipment capital expenditure (capex) in the three markets of China, India and Korea increased 17% in 2005 to reach US$14.93 billion from US$12.76 billion in 2004. more

Related Tags: capex, china-telecom, voip, kt, korea-telecom, kt-freetel, fixed-wireless

Qualcomm sets up Brazilian venture to promote its BREW platform

Qualcomm and the cellular operators that form the joint venture between Portugal Telecom and Telefonica Moviles in Brazil have signed an agreement for the commercial launch of wireless application services powered by Qualcomm's BREW solution. The joint venture plans to roll out applications and services based on the Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW) platform on its high-speed data network in March. more

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