The use of roaming services has increased more than before the pandemic as people travel abroad more often.

Overseas roaming
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, ‘(Seoul=Yonhap News) By Jo Hyeon-young = With the significant increase in the number of people traveling abroad recently, the number of overseas roaming users and related revenue for the three major telecommunications companies have also significantly increased.’,
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, ‘ In some telecommunications companies, the number of users has increased even more than before the pandemic.’,
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, ‘ According to the telecommunications industry on the 21st, KT recorded the largest monthly roaming revenue in the past 5 years in May.’,
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, ‘ Compared to May 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of roaming users in May increased by about 35%, and the proportion of data roaming users among roaming users also increased from 50% to 75%.’,
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, ‘ A KT official stated, “With the recent increase in outbound travelers, roaming revenue is increasing,” adding, “This trend is expected to continue for the time being.”‘,
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, ‘ After pent-up demand for overseas travel and business trips erupted following the declaration of the pandemic last May, the number of international flight passengers this year has surged by 45% to a total of over 42.77 million (departure and arrival combined) compared to the first half of last year, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport aviation statistics.’,
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, ” SK Telecom also saw a 46% increase in ‘family roaming’ users from 280,000 in the fourth quarter of last year to 410,000 in the first quarter of this year due to the increase in overseas travel.”,
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, ‘ LG Uplus also saw a 70% increase in roaming users in May compared to May 2019. Among them, the number of 20s and 30s roaming users surged by about 260%.’,
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, ‘ Compared to May 2020 when the pandemic began to spread in earnest, the number of users in May this year increased by about 24 times.’,
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, ‘ The three major telecommunications companies are currently running various promotions to meet the growing demand for roaming.’,
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, ” SK Telecom is offering a promotion where customers who sign up for the ‘Just Plan’ without a history of using roaming plans will receive a 50% cashback in Naver Pay points on roaming fees, along with a promotion offering discounts on in-flight Wi-Fi services connected to this plan.”,
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, ” KT is providing ‘Tving Basic’ free service for 3 months to subscribers of the ‘Roaming Data Together ON’ plan.”,
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, ‘ In addition, LG Uplus recently analyzed the roaming-related consultation data of its chatbot and found that search volume from the first week of June to the second week of this month ranked 1st in Japan (28.2%), 2nd in Vietnam (13.7%), and 3rd in China (10%). The United States (6.7%) and the Philippines (5.8%) followed.’,
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Crowded airport during vacation season
(Yeongjong Island=Yonhap News) Reporter Ryu Young-seok = Travelers crowded for boarding procedures at the departure hall of Incheon International Airport Terminal 2 during the vacation season. 2024.7.17 [email protected],
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