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SK Telecom, KT Telecom, and LG Uplus are three of the major mobile carriers in South Korea. It was revealed this week that they are planning to grant free internet data to their customers next month.
SK Telecom, KT Telecom, and LG Uplus said they will provide additional mobile data for free and all of their customers can enjoy this giveaway in March. It was reported that the companies made this move to help combat high inflation in the country.
As per Yonhap News Agency, this is also an effort from the three major telecom firms in their bid to join the government’s campaign in helping lighten the burger of the citizens as inflation continues to rise. For its part, SK Telecom will be granting 30 gigabytes of free data to 3G, LTE, and 5G users who are 19 years old and above by March.
This amount of data is enough for a person to stream music for 300 hours and watch HD clips and videos for 30 hours. LG Uplus and KT Telecom subscribers will also be given similar data packages without adding any fee to their bill.
Korea Joongang Daily reported that the telecom firms and city government’s decisions to help unload some burden from the consumers came after the country’s President Yoon Suk Yeol requested the participation of private firms and local governments in his administration’s efforts of easing households’ load on public services such as transportation and utility bills.
“The government will slow the pace on raising electricity and gas bills as well as the level of increase,” the South Korean president stated in a meeting this week. “Telecommunication and finance, which are government’s authorized oligopoly should participate in sharing the burden and the central, local governments and the private sectors have to come together to overcome such difficult times.”
