October 3, 2007
Many South Koreans Own More Than 4 Mobile Phones
Around 47,000 South Koreans own more than four mobile phones each, according to a new government report.
"0.1 percent of the country's population have a total of 647,000 mobile phones by three separate mobile carriers - an average of 14 handsets per person.
Most multiple ownerships are legitimate business use, but the report claims that a sizeable percentage are used by criminals who provided fake ID's when buying the handsets.
According to an earlier report from the Office of the Prime Minister, 60,743 cases of fake registrations were reported to the police in the year to August.
... Meanwhile, the report also showed that foreigners are barred from owning more than two phones while Korean nationals are free from such a limitation. However, SK Telecom will permit selected "superior" customers such as US military officers, diplomats or corporate employees to have two phones where necessary.
[via Cellular News]
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