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Korean mobile fees 2.3 times Japan\'s? Industry rejects \'arbitrary comparison\'

South Korea’s telecom industry has pushed back against Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications analysis comparing mobile fees in six cities, saying the benchmarks and plan selection were problematic. The industry said the ministry applied an outdated and more expensive Korean plan and failed to properly reflect Japan’s additional charges for voice and texts. It also questioned including NTT Docomo’s online-only sub-brand plan. Recalculation under equal conditions placed Korea third to fourth.

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Android tops iPhone in Japan, smartphone OS survey shows

Android accounts for 54.1 percent of primary smartphone use in Japan, ahead of iPhone at 45.6 percent, a survey found. MMD Research polled 40,000 people aged 18 to 79 online and analyzed 34,838 valid responses with population weighting. iPhone use was highest on NTT Docomo’s ahamo plan, while Android was highest at Rakuten Mobile. iPhone 16 led among iPhone users, while Sharp’s AQUOS led among Android users.

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SpaceX to begin rolling out super-sized Starlink V3 satellites on Sept. 22

Elon Musk (일론 머스크), CEO of SpaceX, said deployment of the third-generation communications satellite Starlink V3 will begin this month. He said the constellation will ultimately provide more than 100 times the bandwidth of the current 11,000-satellite fleet. The comments are seen as targeting Starship’s 14th test flight on Sept. 22, which is planned to place 26 Starlink V3 satellites into orbit.