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EV-DO Subscribers to Reach 8m in Korea
July 16, 2004 - source: Telecoms Korea

The number of subscribers to cdma200 1x EV-DO, the 3G mobile service that delivers peak data speeds of 2.4Mbps, turned out to be nearly 8 million as of the end of June.

According to the Ministry of Information and Communication, the subscribers to EV-DO totaled at 7.7 million, 5.39 million from SK Telecom and 2.31 million from KTF. The figure is expected to exceed the 10 million mark by the yearend as SK Telecom and KTF aim to raise the number to 7 million and 3 million respectively.

In the meantime, the number of subscribers to 2.5G service, cdma2000 1x stood at 30.5 million, which can be interpreted as that about 84.7% of 36.01 million of the total mobile service subscribers use cdma2000 1x .

SK Telecom was reported to have 16.20 million or 53 % of subscribers to cdma2000 1x service while KTF have 9.99 million or 32.8% and LG Telecom have 4.29 million or 14.0%.

http://www.3gnewsroom.com/3g_news/jul_04/news_4723.shtml