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Article: Mobile coverage on Dokdo island delayed.(Brief Article)
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- Telecomworldwire
- Article date:
- August 15, 2005
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TELECOMWORLDWIRE-15 August 2005-Mobile coverage on Dokdo island delayed(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
Plans to deploy a base station on the Dokdo island, part of the Liancourt Rocks, by two South Korean-based mobile operators have been delayed. The deployment was originally planned to be part of the country's 60th anniversary of liberation from Japanese rule.
The islands are currently part of a dispute between South Korea and Japan as both countries claim ownership over them. According to Cellular News, Korea classifies the rocks as a part of Ulleung County, North Gyeongsang Province, while Japan regards them as within Okinoshima ...