LG Uplus Corp., Korea’s third largest service provider, has selected Firetide wireless access points (APs) to support a massive wireless LAN (WLAN) project that will provide coverage for 180 of Korea’s largest hospitals nationwide. Upon completion, over 4,000 Firetide HotPoint 5100 APs will be deployed in the LG Uplus network to provide hospital patients with reliable, high-bandwidth access to the Internet, videos-on-demand, and general... full story ![]()

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea will soon allow foreigners to tweet, Skype and surf the Internet from their cellphones, iPads and other mobile devices in its second relaxation of controls on communications in recent weeks. However, North Korean citizens will not have access to the mobile Internet service to be offered by provider Koryolink within the next week....
time.com (2 months and 29 days ago)
After just a month online, North Korea has pulled the plug on its 3G network, which was previously made available for tourists to access the Internet starting on Feb. 22. North Korean tourism specialist Koryo Tours announced on its website: “3G access is no longer available for tourists to the DPRK. Sim cards can still be purchased to make international calls, but no...
ibtimes.com (1 month and 24 days ago)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Friday blamed South Korea and the United States for cyberattacks that temporarily shut down websites this week at a time of elevated tensions over the North’s nuclear ambitions. Experts, however, indicated it could take months to determine what happened and one analyst suggested hackers in China were a more likely culprit. Internet...
time.com (2 months and 8 days ago)
North Korea will soon allow foreigners to tweet, Skype and surf the Internet from their cellphones, iPads and other mobile devices in its second relaxation of controls on communications in recent weeks. However, North Korean citizens will not have access to the mobile Internet service to be offered by provider Koryolink within the next week.
foxnews.com (2 months and 30 days ago)
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea will soon allow foreigners to tweet, Skype and surf the Internet from their cellphones, iPads and other mobile devices in its second relaxation of controls on communications in recent weeks. However, North Korean citizens will not have access to the mobile Internet service to be offered by provider Koryolink within the next week....
ap.org (2 months and 30 days ago)
The government will allow a company called Koryolink to give foreigners access to 3G mobile Internet service by next Friday.
nytimes.com (2 months and 29 days ago)
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Monday it will suspend operations at a factory complex it has jointly run with South Korea, pulling out more than 53,000 North Korean workers and moving closer to severing its last economic link with its rival as tensions escalate.The Kaesong industrial complex is the biggest employer in North Korea's third-largest city, and shutting it...
bostonherald.com (1 month and 13 days ago)
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea stepped up pressure on Seoul by delaying access to a joint industrial park in a move that could trap hundreds of South Korean workers on the northern side of the world's most militarized border.
reuters.com (1 month and 18 days ago)

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea stepped up pressure on Seoul by delaying access to a joint industrial park in a move that could trap hundreds of South Korean workers on the northern side of the world's most militarized border.
chicagotribune.com (1 month and 18 days ago)
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), the largest mobile services provider in the U.S., is close to buying the 45 percent of Verizon Wireless it does not already own. Such a deal could be worth $115 billion to Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD), which currently holds that 45 percent. News that Newbury, U.K.-based Vodafone, the world's second-largest mobile phone operator, may...
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