Fair Trade Commission Sends Exaggerated Advertising Materials of Three Mobile Carriers to Court

The Fair Trade Commission announced on the 17th that it has sent related materials to the court to support civil lawsuits by consumers who suffered damages due to exaggerated 5G advertisements by the three major mobile carriers.

The FTC sent the resolution that sanctioned unfair advertising practices by the three mobile carriers?SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus?to the Seoul Central District Court.

According to the FTC, the three carriers advertised the 5G technology standard target speed of 20Gbps, which cannot be realized in actual usage environments, as if consumers could actually use it; advertised the maximum supported speed, calculated under strict conditions, as if consumers could actually experience it; and claimed without objective evidence that their 5G service speeds were faster than those of competitors. In response, the FTC imposed a fine of 33.6 billion KRW last May.

The FTC explained that the resolution sent to the court includes cases where the three carriers violated the Act on Labeling and Advertising in the process of advertising 5G services and the grounds for the sanctions. An FTC official stated, "The resolution sent to the court contains abundant evidence such as details of unfair advertisements by the three carriers, deceptive marketing strategies, and actual 5G service speeds, which will be helpful for consumer civil lawsuits."

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