Is Telecom Oligopoly Behind S. Korea's World-Class Mobile Data Prices?

South Koreans are among the world’s most avid users of mobile data and, according to one report, they’re paying the world’s highest prices for it. The latest Digital Fuel Monitor report [http://research.rewheel.fi/downloads/The_state_of_4G_prcing_DFMonitor_8th_release_2H2017_PUBLIC.pdf] by Rewheel, a Finnish management consultancy, ranked South Korea first out of 41 countries, paying 13.4 euros for a gigabyte of 4G mobile data. That was over 44 times more than mobile users pay in Finland, wher