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Articles tagged with: Korea Communications Commission
South Korea approves sale of Apple's iPhone
South Korea's telecommunications regulator said Wednesday it has given approval for Apple Inc.'s hit iPhone to be sold in the country. more
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South Korea Opens up to Foreign Handset Vendors
South Korea's government has agreed to relax restrictions on mobile phone specifications which could open the market to more foreign handsets such as the BlackBerry and iPhones. The country has mandated a single standard for mobile internet access since 2005 in a move which at the time made it a lot easier for software and website developers to port their services to mobile phones. more
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Korean Tariff Cuts to Hurt Operator Profits - but Less than Forecast
Earlier this month, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) announced a plan to widen the eligibility group for mobile service rate discounts from the current lowest income households to the lower-middle class and expand the range of discounts from 35% to a maximum 50%. more
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South Korea to Allow the BlackBerry into the Country
South Korea's SK Telecom is to be allowed to start selling the BlackBerry handset following a clarification of regulations which require all Korean handsets to use the Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability (WIPI) for data services. more
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South Korean Operators Fined by Regulator
South Korea's cellphone network operators have been fined US$75 million by the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) for exceeding legal guidelines for subsidising sales of handsets with new contracts. SK Telecom was fined US$46 million, with KTF being fined US$13 million and LG Telecom picking up a fine of US$16 million. more
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S Korea SK Tel, KTF Fined For Providing Handset Discounts"
SEOUL -(Dow Jones)- The South Korean government Monday fined SK Telecom Co. (SKM) and KT Freetel Ltd. (032390.SE), or KTF, a total of KRW14.6 billion for providing illegal discounts on handsets to lure customers. more
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South Korea's telecoms regulator, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) has fined all three cellular networks in the country for offering subsidies on their cell phone handsets. Handset subsidies were banned by the government last June following losses by the networks. SK Telecom received the largest fine of US$2,700 while KT Freetel was fined US$2,300 and LG Telecom was fined US$1,110. During the ten day investigation, the regulator found 4,256 incidents of handset subsidies at SK Telecom alone." more
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