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Skype In Trouble With South Korea Govt. |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Thursday, 29 June 2006 |
Skype has been told by the South Korean Ministry of
Information and Communications (MIC) that it must stop signing up new users
until it meets regulatory requirements it earlier ignored.
According to this
report, South Korea's
MIC (Ministry of Information and Communications) pointed out the company failed
to register for special communications business (code 2) and that it started the
business (international phone services) without the approval of the MIC's
director.
The issues surrounds Skype's SkypeIn and SkypeOut services
and according to the report, Skype's requirement that customers prepay for
services is in violation of the countries local regulations also.
It seems the Ministry is not being too hard on the broadband
phone provider though, Skype will be allowed to make the proper registrations
and is working with the Ministry to comply with the proper requirements.
Reportedly, Skype plans to sublease a license in order to continue
the operations.
It seems that once all the paperwork is in order Skype will
be let off easy and "subsequent penalties or fines should get waived".
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