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More and more North Koreans are getting in the mobile world and now there’s about 185,000 mobile phone users in the communist country. More precisely, as of June 30th, 184,531 subscribers had mobile access following a recent government expansion of services to several cities other than Pyongyang.
Technically speaking, 60% of the population are covered with the mobile signal, but the network reportedly excludes cities near the border with South Korea due to authorities’ fear the proximity could allow cross-border communication.
For the record, there were about 60,000 mobile phone subscribers in March of this year.
My two cents: it’s good to see mobile technology getting some traction even in such closed places as North Korea. Hopefully, the government and Orascom Telecom which manages the network will continue with the expansion, allowing more citizens to take part in the modern world…
[Via: KoreaTimes, textually]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
