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Bookmark or Share- Twenty Years of Mobile Communications in North KoreaThe government gave mobile phones a second chance in 2008 when it awarded Egypt’s Orascom Technology a contract to launch a 3G network. The service, called Koryolink, started in December 2008 and is still in operation today. Orascom owns a 75 percent stake in the network, with the North Korean government holding the remaining 25 percent.
- Koryolink Archives - North Korea Tech - 노스코리아테크North Korea’s Koryolink: Built for Surveillance and Control Eavesdropping and network security were the top concerns of the North Korean government in the months before Koryolink, the country’s current mobile network service, was launched in December 2008.
- The wild, wonderful world of North Korean smartphones - Android PoliceThe ban was lifted when Egyptian telecommunications company Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding, in a joint venture with the North Korean state, established a new 3G mobile phone service...
- North Koreans Rely on Smuggled Cellphones to Connect to the Outside ...North Korea runs its own mobile phone network. Started in 2008 as a joint venture with the Egyptian company Orascom, the network, Koryolink, has more than three million subscribers.
- Is North Korea finally getting 4G?Upgrading to 4G would bring big improvements. The Koryolink network is capable of data speeds around 1Mbps at present but 4G networks can typically transfer data at ten times that. That could be useful as the state continues to expand network and broadcasting access deep into the country.
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