Korea Communications Commission (KCC) has postponed its decision on whether to force the top mobile carrier, SK Telecom, to share the 800MHz spectrum with its two rivals—KTF and LG Telecom, Media reports. However, 5 members of the regulator’s standing committee has decided to discuss the so-called spectrum -roaming plan late this year when it drafts a comprehensive plan for spectrum reallocations. According to industry sources, SK Telecom is likely to retain its exclusive right to the so-called “golden spectrum” until 2011 as planned because a majority of the members of the standing committee favoured a plan to let mobile operators resolve the issue.
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Regulators of South Korea yet to decide upon 800MHz spectrum
- August 8th, 2008
- 7:32 am
NTT DoCoMo’s flat-rate data plan subs hit 10 million
- May 2nd, 2007
- 12:17 pm
NTT DoCoMo has seen subscribers to its flat-rate data communication plans ‘pake-hodai’ and ‘pake-hodai full’ surpass the 10 million mark on 1 May. The Japanese mobile operator launched the pake-hodai plan in June 2004, allowing FOMA i-mode subscribers unlimited viewing of i-mode content for a flat monthly subscription fee of JPY 4,095. The pake-hodai full plan, introduced on in March this year, enables FOMA i-mode subscribers to view internet sites as well as i-mode sites for a flat monthly subscription fee of JPY 5,985
