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Watchdog seeks criminal charges against handset subsidy violations
By Seo Jee-yeonPublished : Nov. 27, 2014 - 21:23
South Korea’s communications watchdog said Thursday it will seek criminal charges against local mobile carriers for violating the new handset subsidy payment law that caused problems for buyers of Apple’s new iPhone 6.
The Korea Communications Commission said after a meeting that it is also considering referring the executives of the three mobile carriers to the prosecution to hold them responsible for the illegal subsidies.
The move comes weeks after the KCC warned in early November that there will be stern actions against SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus, because they paid mobile phone stores subsidies far exceeding the legal limit to woo more customers.
It has been found that some 452 iPhone 6 subscribers were given at least 500,000 won ($453) in total as a subsidy for each handset, the KCC said. (Yonhap)
The Korea Communications Commission said after a meeting that it is also considering referring the executives of the three mobile carriers to the prosecution to hold them responsible for the illegal subsidies.
The move comes weeks after the KCC warned in early November that there will be stern actions against SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus, because they paid mobile phone stores subsidies far exceeding the legal limit to woo more customers.
It has been found that some 452 iPhone 6 subscribers were given at least 500,000 won ($453) in total as a subsidy for each handset, the KCC said. (Yonhap)
