SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Nearly 2 million North Koreans have signed up for third-generation (3G) mobile service, a U.S.-based North Korean news Web site reported Saturday.

North Korea Tech said Koryolink, the country's only 3G service provider, has almost reached 2 million subscribers. Ezz Heikal, the CEO of the company, disclosed the figure in Pyongyang earlier this week and the company's head office in Cairo, Egypt, later confirmed the number, according to the Web site.