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Up to 500,000 Won Conversion Subsidy Offered for Number Portability Starting June

[뉴스토마토 이지은 기자] When transferring numbers, a conversion subsidy of up to 500,000 is provided which is earned starting from the 16th. The computer development is due to be completed by June. As the Korea Communications Commission ordered the three telecommunications companies to operate the system, the operators decided to issue conversion subsidy coupons first […]

Government, speeding up transition subsidies… Telecommunications company, “It will be implemented on the 16th”

Computer network verification not completed… Confusion between distributors and consumers is inevitable. Fair Trade Commission continues investigation into sales incentive collusion… The burden of policy mismatch still persists Consumer discrimination controversy… Benefits only to number portability subscribers The manufacturer is also dissatisfied… Waiting demand spreads due to size of subsidy If you change your carrier, […]

Repeal of Dantong Act and New Mobile Phone Subsidies: What Consumers Need to Know

Citizens choose smartphones at a mobile phone shop in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 13th / Photo = Newsis Iroun Net = Correspondent Sujin Lee There is good news that the Act on Improving the Distribution Structure of Mobile Communication Terminal Devices (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Dantong Act’), which users have been complaining about for […]

Telecommunications company’s ‘transition subsidy’ sparks debate

Logos of the three mobile carriers. picture. Each company [데일리임팩트 황재희 기자] Opinions are divided about the ‘transition subsidy’ implemented to promote competition among the three mobile carriers. The government expects that the ‘conversion subsidy’ system, which provides up to 500,000 won, will reduce the burden of household communication costs by revitalizing marketing competition among […]