Republic of Korea: Signed amendment of Telecommunications Business Act including quality of service requirements
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Signed amendment of Telecommunications Business Act including quality of service requirements
On 9 June 2020, Bill No. 2024959, outlining amendments to the Telecommunications Business Act, was signed into Law, becoming Law No. 18869. The Law establishes quality of service obligations for information and communications network providers (CNP) and value-added telecommunications service providers (VSP) that reach a specific threshold. In particular, the VSP and CNP have to implement measures to ensure "secure means for stability of service" and "process user demands". The specific obligations and the thresholds will be established through a Presidential Decree. The obligations come into force on 10 December 2020.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Quality of Service requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: internet and telecom services
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
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2020-05-07
under deliberation
2020-05-20
adopted
2020-06-09
adopted