Thursday, August 10, 2017

There are tree major telecommunication companies in Korea. Almost everyone use their mobile phones with these three mobile carriers. Recently, the government put into effect a program to cut down on household communication expenses. This is called the mobile virtual network operator, MVNO systems. These companies borrow the communication networks of the 3 major mobile carriers to provide low-cost plans for customers. The trade-off for the low fees is that there are no additional services. The quality of service is also a little lower. Although these shortcomings exist, more and more people are using the MVNO system because lower mobile fees are an advantage. In particular, many people are getting these phones for their elderly parents who only make calls and don't use the Internet or additional services.

I got my mom an MVNO phone.

Really? How is it different from an ordinary phone?

There are fewer services, but it's much cheaper.

That makes a lot of sense.