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People who want to separate work and life sometimes use two mobile phones.
From tomorrow (the 1st), you can use 'e-Sim', which can be easily downloaded, to use two numbers on one smartphone at the same time.
Reporter Jung Jun-ho explains how to use it.
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Two antennas on the phone screen.
You will also see two mobile messenger apps.
It is a mobile phone equipped with an 'e-SIM' that can identify subscriber information.
By adding an e-SIM to the existing SIM, you can use two numbers per phone.
You can select a phone number for texting, calling as well as for messenger, so you can use two phones.
In foreign countries, it was introduced 4-5 years ago, but in Korea, the service will start tomorrow.
However, not all smartphones can have two numbers.
Currently, only new products released by Samsung Electronics and iPhones released after 2018 are equipped with the e-SIM function.
You can self-open without going to the dealer by scanning the QR code received by applying to the telecommunication company.
Both numbers must be yours.
There is a risk of criminal abuse such as cannon phones, but if it is a corporate phone, you can receive two numbers only in the corporate name.
The publicly disclosed subsidy received at the time of opening a smartphone can be received only once.
If both numbers are subscribed to a regular rate plan, the '25% off monthly rate' can be applied to both.
You can choose a carrier for each of the two numbers, so you can combine advantageous rate plans. First of all, the three mobile carriers have offered or plan to launch an e-SIM rate plan at the level of 8,800 won per month.
KakaoTalk, called the national messenger, can be used with two numbers on Android smartphones, but it should be noted that only one number is available for iPhones due to policy.
(Video coverage: Park Dae-young, video editing: Kim Jun-hee)