Questa me l'ero persa. Pare che Orascom, dopo aver acquisito una licenza per 25 anni, stia portando il 3g in Corea del Nord e stia contribuendo al completamento del celebre Ryugyong Hotel di Pyongyang (a 15 anni dall'interruzione dei lavori!!).



Ecco gli articoli:

Orascom Using Pyongyang's Ryugyong Hotel for Nth Korean 3G Network
Asia Times Online :: Korea News and Korean Business and Economy, Pyongyang News

Aggiungo un paio di fotografie di questa "meraviglia" di edificio (rispettivamente prima e dopo i nuovi lavori)!






Ricordo che in Corea del Nord è attualmente vietato utilizzare il cellulare.

Orascom is confident North Korea is opening up its economy and says it has been assured by the government that everyone will be allowed to buy a mobile. However, experts think that such a volte-face is highly unlikely and reckon only senior military and government officials will be allowed access, and then only to a closed network.

When asked how many people would ultimately use the service, Orascom’s chairman Naguib Sawiris said: “We have a modest target of 5 to 10 per cent of the population.” The population is about 23m. Mr Sawiris expects 50,000 subscriptions in the first three-to-six months.

FT.com / Companies / Telecoms - Orascom eyes North Korean network