South Korea: Youth's Suicide Prompts Mobile Phone Bill Limits
An AP newswire article, via The International Herald Tribune, reports that:
South Korean mobile phone companies said Monday that they were offering new calling plans after a 16-year-old boy in Iksan killed himself because of a huge phone bill.
He committed suicide on Feb. 15 after receiving a bill for about 3.7 million won, or $3,800, in data charges for playing games on his mobile phone, the police in Iksan said.
In response, mobile phone operators said they would create billing plans allowing for unlimited data use at a reasonable cost. SK Telecom, South Korea's leading mobile phone company, said it would offer an unlimited data plan for 30,000 won a month. KTF said it would cap the data costs at 26,000 won.
posted by Fergie @ 2/27/2006 04:54:00 PM
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