South Korea to let landline phone users switch to Internet telephone without changing numbers

When you have so developed telecommunications industry like South Korea does, it’s only logical to allow your citizens to roam between landline, mobile and VoIP phones. That being said, the Korean government is preparing to introduce a new rule that will allow landline phone users to switch to Internet-based telephone carriers without changing their phone numbers! The “number portability” rule will be introduced during the first half of next year and will certainly hurt traditional telephone companies such as KT Corp. On the other hand, end users will benefit from substantially lower monthly phone bills… [Via: textually.org ] --- Related Articles at IntoMobile:

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