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British Telecommunications Firm to Offer Mobile-Phone Service in North Korea.

Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand)

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Byline: Suphaphan Plengmaneepun

Feb. 1--Loxley Pacific plans to introduce a mobile-phone service in North Korea in July, with a target of signing up 5,000 subscribers in the first two months.

Loxley Pacific, a subsidiary of Loxley Plc, holds a licence from the Pyongyang government to operate cellular services in the Rajin Sonbong Free Economic Trade Zone through joint venture Northeast Asia Telephone and Telecommunications (Neat&T).

Neat&T is 70 percent owned by Loxley Pacific and 30 percent by state-owned Korean Post and Telecommunications. The venture has installed a network costing 130 million baht.

Jingjai Hanchanlash, Neat&T's ...

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