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Articles tagged with: Ktf and Kt Freetel
Japan's DoCoMo to Issue South Korean Numbers for Roaming Customers
Japanese operator, DoCoMo is launching a service which offers a local South Korean phone number to its customers roaming into that country - which it says will lower phone call costs by around 60%. Customers will also retain the DoCoMo numbers that they use in Japan. more
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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, cdma2000-1x, sk-telecom, cdma2000, kt, 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
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SK Telecom, KT Freetel and LG Telecom Q2 2008 Results
The Korean market finished Q2 08 just short of 45m subscribers, with an end-quarter total of 44.98m. It remains a highly stratified market, although LG Telecom (LGT) has been gradually encroaching on the market share of rival KT Freetel (ktf), adding 0.3pp since the end of Q2 07 to finish June 2008 with 17.9%. ktf lost 0.4pp in the year to finish the quarter with 31.5%, while SK Telecom (SKT) ended on 50.6%, up 0.1pp year on year. more
Related Tags: sk-telecom, kt, 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, lg, kt, Korea South
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, lg, kt, hsdpa, 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: lg, kt, 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, cdma2000-1x, cdma2000, kt, ev-do, 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
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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, cdma2000-1x, kt, korea-telecom, fixed-wireless