Number of high-speed Internet users tops 16 mln

SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Yonhap) -- The number of high-speed Internet service users in
South Korea surpassed the 16 million-mark for the first time in August, industry
reports said Monday.

The number of broadband Internet service subscribers in the country was estimated
to be over 16 million as of the end of August, accounting for 96 percent of total
households in the country, according to the data collected from Internet service
providers.
The figure is up about 3.4 percent from December's tally of 15.48 million.
Top fixed line operator KT Corp. held some 42 percent of all subscriptions,
followed by SK Broadband Co. and LG Powercomm Corp., with 24 percent and 15.3
percent, respectively.
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