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Article: South Korea may partially lift ban on cell phone subsidies.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- September 5, 2005
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SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is likely to allow mobile phone operators to provide handset subsidies for existing subscribers who want to replace their mobile phones, partially lifting the government's strict ban on cell phone subsidies, a government source said Monday.
The move comes as the Ministry of Information and Communication is studying whether to extend the handset subsidy ban, which will expire in March next year.Instead of allowing handset subsidies for existing subscribers who have signed up for more than two years, the ministry will probably continue to ban operators from giving subsidies to new subscribers, the source at the ministry ...