SEOUL, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Mobile carriers that fail to inform their customers about ‘mobile mileage’ will now be fined. The South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT announced that new legislation will soon take effect that will hold carriers accountable for any actions in which they fail to inform their customers about ‘mobile [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The battle for 5G leadership is heating up among South Korean mobile carriers ahead of MWC Barcelona, the world’s largest mobile trade show set to opens its doors later this month. Following the launch of 5G services for enterprises in December, South Korean telecommunications companies have been jacking up [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 200 billion won (US$178.2 million) worth of membership points by South Korea’s three mobile carriers went unused and expired over the past six years, a report by Ministry of Science and ICT showed Thursday. A total of 190.5 billion won worth of reward points offered by SK Telecom [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carriers are gearing up for the Lunar New Year holiday when data usage spikes along highways, airports and shopping malls, company officials said Saturday. People travel long distances during the holiday season to visit their hometowns, causing heavy traffic jams. Some travel abroad or make trips [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans who switched their mobile carriers reached a 13-year low in 2018 due to weaker subsidy competition, industry data showed Wednesday. The country’s three mobile carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — and budget carriers posted a combined 5.67 million [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three mobile carriers are expected to adopt a usage-based fee system for their upcoming super-high speed network service in a bid to help increase sales, a report said Thursday. The Ministry of Science and ICT and the carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carriers are expanding their release of content targeting children users through their artificial intelligence platforms, industry watchers said Monday, as the IT industry for younger consumers is anticipated to continue to grow sharply down the road. The country’s No. 2 mobile carrier KT Corp. currently provides [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carriers are expected to see their sales growth slow in 2018 from last year amid a mild gain in operating profit in the wake of increased fee discounts, a market tracker said Thursday. The consolidated sales of the three mobile carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean telecom companies LG Uplus and SKT have revised their mobile phone plans to boost their user base, while KT has been rumored to follow suit. According to sources close to the industry on Tuesday, KT is expected to be the last among the three major mobile carriers [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Mobile carriers have issued criticism of the methodology through which the Finnish consulting firm Rewheel gathered the data for its Digital Fuel Monitor report, which singled out South Korea for having the heftiest smartphone data fees among 41 countries. The report, released on December 1, examined the prices set [...]