Orascom, the Egypt based telecom group providing 3G cell service to North Korea (and also overseeing the refurbishing of the Ryugyong Hotel) reports a 63% in subscribers over the past 3 months. The change is largely due to services being provided outside Pyongyang. Koryolink, the service provider of the mobile network in which Orascom has a 75% stake, reported just over 300 000 customers as of the end of September. Approximately 75% of North Korea’s population is within coverage range of the service, with an expected 91% coverage by the end of this fiscal year. As always, the network is restricted to domestic usage with no linkages to the outside internet
Source: TechWorld
