North Korea expands telecoms network;
North Korea is expanding its telecoms network nationwide and deploying fibre-optic cables to link the capital Pyongyang to all of the republic's provinces, writes Yonhap News Agency citing the Korean Central Broadcasting Station.
North Korea is getting a state-of-the art mobile phone network courtesy of an Egyptian telecoms giant, raising questions about who will be making calls and sending text messages in a country where the vast majority of people are believed banned from using cell phones.