Here’s an interesting story of James Perri, an Australian business man who is responsible for the 3G mobile cellphone network in the North Korean capital. Perri’s dilemma was finding a provider who would was neutral to North Korea, so he looked to the Egypt based “Orascom” for the contract. Orascom is also known as the group working to refurbish the Ryugyong “Hotel of Doom”. Orascom signed a $400 000 000 USD contract with the North for a 75% stake in state run Koryolink. Pyongyang’s 3G coverage kicked off in December 2008, strange for a nation with little mobile phone distribution and constant electricity problems.
Source: ARN via @LiberateLaura on Twitter.
