Seoul: South Korea saw its global ranking in the high-speed wireless Internet penetration rate drop one notch in December last year from six months earlier, data showed yesterday.
South Korea’s high-speed wireless Internet penetration rate came to 103.8 percent as of December, ranking sixth among the 34 members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Yonhap reported citing the data by the Paris-based club of advanced economies.
The figure represents a one-spot drop from six months earlier, according to the OECD’s biannual data.
Finland topped the global standings with 123.3 percent, followed by Australia with 114.4 percent, Japan with 111.8 percent, Sweden with 109.8 percent and Denmark with 107.3 percent.
High-speed wireless Internet services include those provided by third-generation and fourth-generation smartphones, wireless broadband (WiBro) and wireless fidelity (WiFi).
South Korea retained the world’s top spot in the high-speed wireless Internet penetration rate for the sixth consecutive time since 2009 before its ranking dropped to fourth in December 2012.
According to the OECD data, South Korea’s fixed high-speed Internet penetration rate came to 37.5 percent in December, down one notch from six months earlier and fifth among the OECD member nations.
Switzerland came first with 44.9 percent, trailed by the Netherlands with 40.4 percent, Denmark with 40 percent and France with 37.6 percent, the data showed.
QNA
