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Mobile & Wireless

Smartphone penetration hits 50% in Korea

Tuesday 15 May 2012 | 04:40 CET | News
Half of Korea's mobile users now own a smartphone. Some 26.72 million mobile users out of a total of 52.55 million, had a smartphone as of 1 May, the Korea Herald reports citing figures from the Korea Communications Commission. SK Telecom has the most smartphone subscribers at 13.3 million, followed by KT with 8.8 million, and LG Uplus with 4.62 million smartphone subscribers.

Categories: Mobile & Wireless
Companies: Korea Communications Commission / KT / LG Uplus / SK Telecom
Countries: Korea, Republic of
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