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Telephone/Mobile Phone/Internet
Subscribe to New phone service
In Korea, almost all households use KT, the country's biggest telephone and internet provider. Recently the number of internet telephone subscribers has been increasing.
Korean internet and telephone service providers are now offering a service that bundles the land line, high speed internet and cell phone all together at a lower cost. Subscribing to telephone service requires passport and alien resitration card.
General telephone
- KT [http://www.qook.co.kr] call at 100(without any prefix), call at 101 for problems with your telephone
- - Visit the website [Korean : http://www.skbroadband.com/], [English : http://www.skbroadband.com/eng]
- - or Call at 100
- - For telephone problems, call at 101
- - Subscription fee: W60, 000
- - Various choices of monthly rate plans are available.
- SK bradband [http://www.skbroadband.com/eng] call 106(without prefix),or 080-8282-106
- - Visit [http://www.skbroadband.com/eng] or call 106 or 080-8282-106
Internet telephone
| Name | Website | Phone number |
|---|---|---|
| KT | Korean : http://www.qook.co.kr | (Without prefix number) 100 |
| LG Dacome | Korean : http://www.lgpowercomm.com English : http://www.powercomm.com/powercomm/eng/ |
1644-7575 |
| SK broadband | Korean : http://www.skbroadband.com English : http://www.skbroadband.com/eng/ |
(Without prefix number) 106 |
| Korea Cable Telecom | Korean : http://www.catvphone.com/ | 070-8144-1234 |
| Samsung networks | Korean : https://www.wyzhome.com | 1577-0300 |
Subscribe to new cell phone service
Subscribing to a cell phone service requires an alien registration card and a copy of your bank account. Each mobile phone providers has different a system of subscription fee, deposit, unit prices.
Prepaid phones are also available. (KTF, SK Telecom, LG Telecom)
- SK Telecom [English : http://www.sktelecom.com/eng/] 080-011-6000, 1599-0011
- KT [http://cs.show.co.kr/main.jsp?MAGICN_CHECK=Y] 1588-0010
- LG Telecom [http://www.lgtelecom.com] 1544-0010
Mobile phone roaming service
For roaming service from SK Telecom ,
visit [http://www.sktroaming.com] or call at 1599-2011 (without prefix )
High Speed Internet Service
| Company | Website | Telephone |
|---|---|---|
| QOOK | http://internet.qook.co.kr/ | 100 (Without prefix number) |
| LG powercomm | http://www.lgpowercomm.com | 1644-7000 |
| SKBroadband | http://www.skbroadband.com/ | 106 (Without prefix number) |
* For further information on service fee or subscribe procedure, visit website of each company.
Public phone
Coin only
- For domestic calls
- Charges differ depending on duration of the call and distance.
Card only
- There are three types of cards: telephone card, credit card, and IC card.
- Card telephone can be used to make a long distance call or an international call.
- Telephone cards are sold at newsstands and banks.
Card and Coin
- You can use this phone in the same way as the phones the mentioned above.
- Credit cards can be used.
Long distance call and international calls
To make a long distance call
- Insert a coin or card.
- Press the area code + telephone number. All area codes in Korea start with the number 0.
- You can make an International call with a credit card. Credit card operated telephones are available in hotels and major buildings and provide serive in English.
- Press the area code when you make a call from a mobile phone to a landline telephone.
international calls
You can make an international call using a landline phone or a mobile phone.
Press the international phone code + country code + area code (drop 0) + phone number
- SK Telink : [English http://www.sktelink.com/english/] Tel. 00700
- KT International : [Korean http://www.kt001.co.kr] Tel. 001
- ONSE Telecom : [Korean http://www.00365.net] Tel. 00365
- LG Dacom : [Korean http://www.002v.com] Tel. 002
- Division : Information Management Office
- Contact : +82-62-613-2964


