South Korea: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 28,882,783 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 59 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 58.935 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 120 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: excellent domestic and international services featuring rapid incorporation of new technologies domestic: fixed-line and mobile-cellular services widely available with the latter subscribership up to about 120 per 100 persons; rapid assimilation of a full range of telecommunications technologies leading to a boom in e-commerce international: country code - 82; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and US; satellite earth stations - 66 (2015) |
Broadcast media | multiple national TV networks with 2 of the 3 largest networks publicly operated; the largest privately owned network, Seoul Broadcasting Service (SBS), has ties with other commercial TV networks; cable and satellite TV subscription services available; pu (2010) |
Internet country code | .kr |
Internet users | total: 44.153 million percent of population: 89.9% (July 2015 est.) |