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North Koreans finally get to use mobile phones

By Stefan Constantinescu on Thursday, January 31st, 2008 at 10:31 AM PST In Devices

125px flag of north koreasvg North Koreans finally get to use mobile phonesIn November 2002 mobile telephony was switched on in North Korea, within 18 months it was banned and all mobile phones were confiscated. It took half a decade, but Orascom Telecom has been selected to blow through close to half a billion dollars over 3 years to try and get the communist regime back in line.

[Via: Mobile Crunch]

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