Youth's suicide prompts mobile phone bill limits

South Korean mobile phone companies said Monday that they were offering new calling plans after a 16-year-old boy killed himself because of a huge phone bill, according to Bloomberg News.

"Korean Mobile service providers are releasing new services that offer unlimited wireless Internet services for a fixed price, in response to the recent suicide of a middle school student who rang up a 3.7-million-won ($3,828) bill for playing games on his cell phone". [Mobile Korea via Moco News]

emily | 7:52 AM | SMS and Gaming |
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