이동전화 음성통화료 국제비교

This study looks at the controversy surrounding South Korea's mobile phone service fees(with the voice tariff as the rate standard) in comparison to international rates as well as the comparison methods, while discussing reform measures for the future. South Korea's mobile phone service fees were ranked among the highest in the world starting from 2006. Internationally, there was a growing trend showing the users' MOU in most countries increased while the RPM decreased. In Korea's case, despite a lack of change in the users' MOU, the RPM showed a steady increase. However, mobile phone service carriers in South Korea have strongly contested the results of the study, raising issue with the reliability of the methods in comparing international mobile phone fess. The real problem lies in that these companies insist that they cannot trust the results of representative studies done by the OECD or Merril Lynch, but on the other hand, cannot come up with alternative comparison methods of their own. South Korean consumers are highly interested in how the nation's mobile phone rates compare to other countries. This is especially a relevant and urgent problem as the public discontentment over mobile phone rates are increasingly becoming a major social issue. For the controversy surrounding South Korea's mobile phone rates and international comparison methods to come to an end, there first must be a study on the optimum rate for domestic mobile phone use. Also, research must be done on ways to determine how South Korea's rates compare to those of other countries in the mid to long term to bring on fee reductions based market competition.