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North Koreans finally get to use mobile phones

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By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, January 31st, 2008 at 10:31 AM

125px-flag_of_north_koreasvg.pngIn 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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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.