Watchdog seeks criminal charges against handset subsidy violations
Nov 27, 2014
South Korea’s communications watchdog said Thursday it will seek criminal charges against local mobile carriers for violating the new handset subsidy payment law that caused problems for buyers of Apple’s new iPhone 6. The Korea Communications Commission said after a meeting that it is also considering referring the executives of the three mobile carriers to the prosecution to hold them responsible for the illegal subsidies. The move comes weeks after the KCC warned in early November that there