Telecommunication in South Korea

Compared to the European Union, South Korea is at the forefront of the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +82, there were a total of 93.62 million connections in 2019. Among them were 68.89 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.3 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections South Korea is very well in the race. Around 96% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 42% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 315,697 webhosts, South Korea is below the world's average by population.

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Development of telephone and internet connections

The following diagrams show the development of the different telephone and Internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100% mean that on average every inhabitant has more than one subscription.

Spread of internet connections in South Korea 1990 - 2019

Broadband internet in South Korea 1998 - 2019

Landlines in the years 1990 - 2019

Mobile phones in South Korea 1990 - 2019

Spreading in 2019	South Korea Total	South Korea percent	EU Total	EU percent
Broadband users	21.91 m	42.36 %	157.90 m	35.28 %
Landlines	24.73 m	47.82 %	166.16 m	37.13 %
Mobile cellulars	68.89 m	133.23 %	547.36 m	122.31 %