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DPRK to offer mobile internet access for foreigners
PYONGYANG, Feb 23, 2013 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
Foreigners who lives in the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will soon be allowed
to get access to mobile Internet starting as of Monday, a
joint-venture technician told Xinhua Saturday.
"You will be able to tweet, Skype and surf the Internet from
your own cellphones, iPads and other mobile devices as soon as you
register at the Korean Communication Center,"said an unnamed
technician from the Korean-Egyptian joint venture company
Koryolink.
"We will provide both a USB modem and your current own SIM card
to get access to Internet, respectively costs 75 euro and 150
euro upon registration, with different levels of charge standard,
from 400euro/10G, 250euro/5G, to 150euro/2G for USB and 10 euro
for SIM card per month," he said.
"We have tried more than one year to negotiate with the Korean
side, and got the approval recently," said the technician, noting
again "it has nothing to do with the Google trip."
However, DPRK citizens will still not have access to the mobile
Internet service or make international calls.
The announcement came one month after the DPRK began allowing
foreigners to bring their own cellphones into the country to
purchase Koryolink-made SIM cards, at the airport or at Koryolink
shops for 50 euros (70 U.S. dollars).
Calls abroad range from 0.38 euros a minute to Switzerland and
France, and more than 5 euros a minute to the United States, with
calls to South Korea still remain prohibited.
"Since the number of foreign residents here are limited, we
will try to get more permission from the Korean security side to
launch more services for short time tourists coming here for
travel," he said.
Though the charge is comparatively expensive, we are excited
about the relaxation of controls on communication, said a Nepalese
resident, adding that it will be more convenient for them to work
in the country.
There are 1.8 million Koreans using 3G cellphones across the
country. However, Koreans and foreigners can not make calls
between each other due to their SIM cards set by different
segments.
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