80% of Koreans Want Cell Phone Subsidies
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More than eight out of 10 Koreans support cell phone subsidies, according to a survey conducted by the ruling Uri Party in Korea. Nothing like handset subsidy bans!
“The government should no longer try to forbid subsidies entirely with a law. For the sake of end users, it should allow mobile carriers to subsidize customers,” Kwon said. In order to cool down cutthroat competition among wireless operators, which had provided huge incentives for handset buyers, the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) prevented such offerings starting March 2003. The embargo is basically a sunset regulation that will expire next March and the ministry is now reviewing whether or not to extend the three-year interim policy.
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