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Mobile Phones in South Korea

Publisher MarketLine
Published Jun 12, 2025
Length 46 Pages
SKU # MTLN20391166

Description

Mobile Phones in South Korea

Summary

Mobile Phones in South Korea industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2019-24, and forecast to 2029). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

Key Highlights
  • The mobile phones market includes mobile phone service revenues and average minutes of usage (MOU). Market values include revenues from mobile service providers and other members of the mobile service value chain for the provision of mobile telephony services, excluding revenues from the sale of devices. Market volumes cover prepaid and postpaid, which consist of prepaid average monthly MOU and postpaid average monthly MOU. Minutes of use are made up of the average of voice minutes used in mobile subscriptions, including both incoming and outgoing calls, but not including M2M/IoT voice services.
  • The South Korean mobile phones market recorded revenues of $21.5 billion in 2024, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.7% between 2019 and 2024.
  • Market consumption volume increased with a CAGR of 3.4% between 2019 and 2024, reaching a total of 728.0 average MOU in 2024.
  • South Korea accounted for 7.2% of the Asia-Pacific mobile phones market in 2024.
Scope
  • Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, and leading players in the mobile phones market in South Korea
  • Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the mobile phones market in South Korea
  • Leading company profiles reveal details of key mobile phones market players’ global operations and financial performance
  • Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the South Korea mobile phones market with five year forecasts
Reasons to Buy
  • What was the size of the South Korea mobile phones market by value in 2024?
  • What will be the size of the South Korea mobile phones market in 2029?
  • What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the South Korea mobile phones market?
  • How has the market performed over the last five years?
  • How large is South Korea’s mobile phones market in relation to its regional counterparts?

Table of Contents

46 Pages
1 Executive Summary
1.1. Market value
1.2. Market value forecast
1.3. Market volume
1.4. Market volume forecast
1.5. Category segmentation
1.6. Geography segmentation
1.7. Market rivalry
1.8. Competitive landscape
2 Market Overview
2.1. Market definition
2.2. Market analysis
3 Market Data
3.1. Market value
3.2. Market volume
4 Market Segmentation
4.1. Category segmentation
4.2. Geography segmentation
5 Market Outlook
5.1. Market value forecast
5.2. Market volume forecast
6 Five Forces Analysis
6.1. Summary
6.2. Buyer power
6.3. Supplier power
6.4. New entrants
6.5. Threat of substitutes
6.6. Degree of rivalry
7 Competitive Landscape
7.1. Who are the leading players?
7.2. What strategies do the leading players follow?
7.3. What are the strengths of the leading players?
7.4. What are the recent developments in the market?
8 Company Profiles
8.1. SK Telecom Co Ltd
8.2. KT Corp
8.3. LG Uplus Corp
9 Macroeconomic Indicators
9.1. Country data
10 Appendix
10.1. Methodology
10.2. Industry associations
10.3. Related MarketLine research
10.4. About MarketLine
List of Tables
Table 1: South Korea mobile phones market value: $ billion, 2019-24
Table 2: South Korea mobile phones market volume: average MOU, 2019-24
Table 3: South Korea mobile phones market category segmentation: % share, by volume, 2019-24
Table 4: South Korea mobile phones market category segmentation: average MOU, 2019-24
Table 5: South Korea mobile phones market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2024
Table 6: South Korea mobile phones market value forecast: $ billion, 2024-29
Table 7: South Korea mobile phones market volume forecast: average MOU, 2024-29
Table 8: SK Telecom Co Ltd: Key Facts
Table 9: SK Telecom Co Ltd: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 10: SK Telecom Co Ltd: Key Employees
Table 11: SK Telecom Co Ltd: Key Employees Continued
Table 12: SK Telecom Co Ltd: Key Employees Continued
Table 13: SK Telecom Co Ltd: Key Employees Continued
Table 14: KT Corp: Key Facts
Table 15: KT Corp: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 16: KT Corp: Key Employees
Table 17: KT Corp: Key Employees Continued
Table 18: KT Corp: Key Employees Continued
Table 19: LG Uplus Corp: Key Facts
Table 20: LG Uplus Corp: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 21: LG Uplus Corp: Key Employees
Table 22: South Korea Exchange Rate, 2019-24
List of Figures
Figure 1: South Korea mobile phones market value: $ billion, 2019-24
Figure 2: South Korea mobile phones market volume: average MOU, 2019-24
Figure 3: South Korea mobile phones market category segmentation: average MOU, 2019-24
Figure 4: South Korea mobile phones market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2024
Figure 5: South Korea mobile phones market value forecast: $ billion, 2024-29
Figure 6: South Korea mobile phones market volume forecast: average MOU, 2024-29
Figure 7: Forces driving competition in the mobile phones market in South Korea, 2024
Figure 8: Drivers of buyer power in the mobile phones market in South Korea, 2024
Figure 9: Drivers of supplier power in the mobile phones market in South Korea, 2024
Figure 10: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the mobile phones market in South Korea, 2024
Figure 11: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the mobile phones market in South Korea, 2024
Figure 12: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the mobile phones market in South Korea, 2024

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