South Korea

Telephones - main lines in use: 23.905 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 43.5 million (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: excellent domestic and international services featuring rapid incorporation of new technologies
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership exceeds 140 per 100 persons; rapid assimilation of a full range of telecommunications technologies leading to a boom in e-commerce
international: country code - 82; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and US; satellite earth stations - 6 (3 Intelsat - 1 Pacific Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean; 3 Inmarsat - 1 Pacific Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 61,
FM 150,
shortwave 2 (2005)
Television broadcast stations: 43 (plus 59 cable operators and 190 relay cable operators) (2005)
Internet hosts: 315,537 (2007)
Internet users: 35.59 million (2007)