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Articles tagged with: Orascom Telecom and Pyongyang
Mobile Phones Popular in North Korea's Pyongyang
Mobile phones are proving surprisingly popular in the reclusive North Korea since they were launched late last year, although party officials have apparently been barred from using them. more
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N.Korea allows limited Internet cell phone service
North Korea has begun limited Internet service for mobile phone users, a government Web site reported, months after launching an advanced network in cooperation with an Egyptian telecommunications company. more
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North Korean 3G Network Signs Up 20,000 Subscribers
It has been reported that the 3G network launched late last year in North Korea has already signed up some 20,000 subscribers. The Japan based, pro-North Korea newspaper, Choson Sinbo reported the figures noting that the customers include foreigners allowed to work in the country. more
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Orascom Using Pyongyang's Ryugyong Hotel for Nth Korean 3G Network
Orascom Telecom - which is currently building a GSM/3G network in the secretive North Korea has apparently secured access to the mighty, if unfinished Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang. The company has been reported by the few foreign residents permitted into the country to be working on the very top of the 105 story building and installing equipment for its mobile network. more
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Orascom Wins a 3G License - in North Korea
In what can only be described as a surprise announcement, Egypt's Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH) says that it has been granted a 3G phone license in North Korea. The company says that it is the first commercial license, although that is not quite correct as there have been commercial GSM networks operating in the country in the past. more
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