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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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CDMA ban in North Korea could boost GSM opportunities

The Financial Times has reported that the USA government is putting pressure on South Korea to block plans for South Korean networks to build a cell phone network in the North's capital of pyongyang. The companies involved in the project include Korea Telecom, SK Telecom, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics. more

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South Korea to promote CDMA to the North

Officials from South Korea's Ministry of Information and Communication and five private companies, KT, SK Telecom, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and Hyundai, are due to visit North Korea in an effort to promote CDMA technology for the country's planned national cellular network. The ministry's Byun Jae-il said that he expects North Korea to decide if it will support CDMA or GSM in the near future. "So far, several meetings have been made in areas of telecommunications between the two Koreas, but this is the first official event," he added. more

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North Korean capital to get a GSM network

South Korea's Yonhap news agency has reported that North Korea is considering setting up a cellular phone network in the country's capital, pyongyang. The agency's source quoted on condition of anonymity is a senior North Korean official at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, and he was quoted as saying that a test service will be launched in the pyongyang area in cooperation with a foreign corporation. The network is expected to go live by September, and possibly as early as August. more

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