RoK telecom places S-Fone on hold
The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s invested telecom SK Telecom confirmed on January
19 that it would make no further investment in S-Fone, putting the
underperforming mobile service provider on life support.
The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s invested telecom SK Telecom confirmed on January
19 that it would make no further investment in S-Fone, putting the
underperforming mobile service provider on life support.
Plagued by low profits and low subscription rates since it was launched in 2001, as a 230 million USD business cooperation contract (BCC) between SK Telecom and Sai Gon Post and Telecommunications Corporation (SPT), S-Fone was only able to sign up about 7.3 million subscribers to its CDMA network, a market share of less than 10 percent.
In a recent announcement, S-Fone had revealed that SK Telecom and SPT had inked a memorandum of understanding to change the form of their investment from a BCC to joint venture.
SK Telecom denied on January 18 that it was effectively pulling the plug on S-Fone, saying instead that it was now engaging SPT in discussions on future operations and other ideas that might be of mutual benefit.
SPT would continue managing the S-Fone network until a final decision was reached, the announcement said.
“We are still working well,” said S-Fone CEO Ho Hong Son, noting that the provider had already expanded its third-generation coverage (3G-EVDO) by building more transceiver stations./.
Plagued by low profits and low subscription rates since it was launched in 2001, as a 230 million USD business cooperation contract (BCC) between SK Telecom and Sai Gon Post and Telecommunications Corporation (SPT), S-Fone was only able to sign up about 7.3 million subscribers to its CDMA network, a market share of less than 10 percent.
In a recent announcement, S-Fone had revealed that SK Telecom and SPT had inked a memorandum of understanding to change the form of their investment from a BCC to joint venture.
SK Telecom denied on January 18 that it was effectively pulling the plug on S-Fone, saying instead that it was now engaging SPT in discussions on future operations and other ideas that might be of mutual benefit.
SPT would continue managing the S-Fone network until a final decision was reached, the announcement said.
“We are still working well,” said S-Fone CEO Ho Hong Son, noting that the provider had already expanded its third-generation coverage (3G-EVDO) by building more transceiver stations./.
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