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To: Eric L who wrote (212)	8/27/1999 9:21:00 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 426

Korean phone subs hit 20m.....They had 19.15m at the end of July. koreaherald.co.kr Mobile phone subscribers top 20 million The number of mobile phone users has topped the 20 million mark, according to a tally released by the Ministry of Information and Communication. Korea's mobile phone penetration ratio has reached 43 percent, that is, 43 people out of every 100 are using mobile phones. With 20.05 million subscribers, Korea has the fifth largest total of mobile phone users in the world after the U.S., Japan, China and Italy, the ministry said. Mobile phone services were launched in 1984 with a mere 2,600 subscribers. In 1991, the number of subscribers reached one million. SK Telecom had the largest subscriber base with 8.3 million followed by KT Freetel's 3.8 million, Shinsegi Telecomm's 2.9 million, LG Telecom's 2.8 million, and Hansol PCS' 2.3 million, according to the ministry.