Ministry of Science and ICT Launches Promotion to Ease Youth Communication Cost Burden
Exemption from Job Site Data Usage Fees, Additional Data Provision, etc.
[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 11th that, as part of the 'Youth Support Policy in the Era of Digital Transformation' announced on the 2nd of last month, it will implement a data promotion in cooperation with telecommunications companies to alleviate the data usage burden for young people.
The three major telecom companies and MVNOs have decided to waive data usage fees for job search sites such as Worknet for six months to reduce the data usage burden on young job seekers. Young users aged 19 to 34 who access Worknet, the Disabled Employment Portal, the Job Training Portal, and the Employment Welfare Plus Center websites via mobile will automatically have their data usage fees waived.
Additionally, the three major telecom companies will provide extra promotions such as additional data or English education content for users in their 20s. First, SK Telecom offers three data refill coupons usable until May 31 to young users. Coupons have been issued to all users in the eligible age group and can be used through mobile T World and other platforms.
KT is running a promotion where young users who apply will receive an additional 2GB of data per month for six months. KT users wishing to receive this benefit can apply through the ‘Y Box’ app, and those who apply between the 6th of last month and the 31st of this month will receive additional data for six months starting the month after their application date.
LG Uplus provides AI-based English education content usage rights for two months to young users who apply. They announced that they completed granting content usage rights after receiving applications from users between the 6th and 31st of last month.
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MVNO operators such as InscoBee and Pritelcom have also decided to join efforts to reduce young people's communication expenses by offering discounts on telecom fees to new subscribers in their 20s starting this month.
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