Paid after a month of T-map… "Unlimited plan or pay"

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Among smartphone navigation,'T-map', which is used most by Koreans, will be changed to paid in the middle of next month.

So, from a month later, data will be deducted every time you use the Tmap, so if your data runs out, you may have to pay more depending on your plan.

Let’s look at reporter Kim Ki-tae's report, and point out more questions.

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'T-map', a smartphone navigation system, is literally a'national navigation' with 13 million monthly users and a market share of close to 70%.

SKT announced that Tmap's "free data call benefits will end on the 19th of next month."

This means that if you use Tmap in the future, data will be subtracted just like regular apps.

Depending on the user's plan, when the contract data is used up, additional charges or speed limits will be charged.

Dissatisfaction arises mainly from taxi drivers and truck drivers who are using a lot of navigation right now.

[Hwang Soo-bong/Taxi driver: (How many T-maps do you use?) All day long.

All day when driving.

We are tamed here, but if we suddenly get rid of it...

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I don't know if the income will increase.]

SKT takes a spin-off from the Mobility Division for the reason of paying.

"As Tmap Mobility is a spin-off by the Tmap service provider, it is possible to violate the Fair Trade Act if the affiliates are given preferential use of data for free."

[Kim Han-ki/Chief Consumer Policy Team Leader of Consumer Sovereignty Citizens' Association: (Unlimited) This does not apply to those who use high-priced rates, but because communication charges are burdensome, the socially disadvantaged pays additional charges...

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KT, which operates One Navi, provides data to its customers for free, and LGU+ does not operate a separate navigation.

As user complaints grew, SKT said, "We will provide an additional 100MB for Tmap users over the next six months to minimize consumer damage."

(Video editing: Park Jeong-sam, VJ: Jeong Min-gu)

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[Reporter Ki-Tae Kim: SKT estimates that the average monthly usage of T-map is 48MB, and you can pay about 1,000 won more per month," he explains.

But also different for each user pricing yet I have timaep use pattern due to the difference is difficult to get an accurate estimate, a lot of people driving Known issues: Resolved timaep yiraseo walks of life, of course there is no choice but to increase the burden.]

[Reporter Ki-Tae Kim: Yes.

SKT has actually dominated the navigation market by opening T-maps for free to KT and LG Uplus users in the past 16 years.

Almost all the people use it, so it is possible to collect big data of great value.Based on subscriber information, it is possible to identify movements by age, gender, region, and time of day, and then recommend restaurants in connection with restaurants or with insurance companies based on operation records. We are also promoting promotions, and of course we are also getting advertising revenue.]

[Reporter Ki-Tae Kim: Yes.

I explained in the previous report, but since SKT spun off the mobility business unit last year, it has no choice but to pay for the process in order to comply with the law.

So I asked the FTC, but the FTC has yet to give any interpretation or guidance on this part.

It is a very proactive and preemptive application of the FTC regulation, which is very dissatisfied with the discriminatory regulation of major corporations.]