Mobile Phone Overview

What are cellular phone services?

Mobile communication means communication that the services are possible even while users move by providing mobility for members’ terminals. A typical type of mobile communication includes the cellular phone service which is often called cell phones

Currently, three mobile communication service providers, SKT, KT, and LG U+, and Mobile Virtual Network Operator(MNVO) operators such as Eyes Vision, SpaceNet, Free Telecom, Snowman, and DreamMobile, are providing mobile phone services

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  • Mobile communication service refers to communication that enables service even when moving by giving mobility to a subscriber terminal, and is generally called a mobile phone
  • Major mobile phone operators: SKT, KT, LG U+

Altteulphone

  • Alleulphone means reselling of telecommunication, which is a service providing independent service by borrowing the lines of existing Telecommunication Company (SKT, KT, LG U+)
  • Possible to use phone with reasonable price, but there is almost no membership advantages compared to Telecommunication Company
Main Altteulphone businesses
Main Altteulphone businesses
Network SKT KT LG U+
Brand(Company Name) 7 mobile(SK tellink) Snowman(SejongTelecom) Hellomobile(LG Hello Vision)
safemobile(S-1) DreamMobile (Dream Line) Liiv mobile(KB Bank)

Smartphone

  • Intelligent terminal which added computer supportive functions like internet and information searching to mobile phones. Able to install applications if the user wants
  • Able to use Internet searching, sending and receiving E-mail, camera & video, music & movie, and by installing applications, SNS, game, ticket purchase everywhere, every time

4G mobile communication

  • 4 Generation Mobile Communication means the service which can all use satellite networks, wireless LAN, and Internet with a terminal
  • 1st generation mobile communication is a service with only voice calling
  • 2nd generation mobile communication is a service with digital voice calling
  • 3rd generation mobile communication is a service with packet data service that can send voice calling, message, data and others
  • 4th generation mobile communication is a service which can provide multimedia service like sending videos, internet broadcasting by improving the sending speed more than dozens compared to 3rd generation mobile communication IMT=2000

5th generation mobile communication

  • 5th generation mobile communication is a mobile communication technology with a maximum speed of 20Gbps, which is 20 times faster than LTE, 100 times more processing capacity, and its strengths, ultra-low latency and hyper-connectivity, enabling services such as virtual reality, autonomous driving, and IoT technology

What is roaming service?

  • Roaming service is a word that means wandering, enabling communication by notifying the terminal when communication users want to communicate in other call areas, such as mobile phones and the Internet In other words, roaming is a service that enables mobile communication with numbers previously used in Korea, and refers to a service that allows users to use mobile phone services such as voice, text, and data as in Korea other than in the service area