방송·통신 서비스의 결합판매에 대한 경쟁법적 검토 - 끼워팔기 법리를 중심으로 -

Bundlings of broadcasting and telecommunications services are common among the operators. In the current Telecommunications Business Act, the Broadcasting Act and Internet Multimedia Broadcasting Act prohibit the unlawful bundling, which undermines the benefit of users, or discriminates users. On the other hand, KCC　determines the standard of the ‘user interests’ where the issue relates the anti-competitiveness such as the leveraging of market power. Theoretically such regulatory practice is not appropriate. Moreover the illegal bundling that forces consumers to buy, or make the bundled product market uncompetitive effects may be regulated as ‘tying’ in terms of the competition law. Thus, if the bundling which hinders the interests of users should KCC regulate actively. But through the related bundling give rise to competition issues,such as the abuse of the market power, KFTC can prohibit as illegal tying. However, in this case, conflicts of the regulatory power and competition agencies can cause problems of competence. I think it is inevitable unless the enforcement of the regulatory authority bases on a general theory of competition.